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It means a sweeping blow or stroke.

"I brought my purchases to the register, the clerk rang them up, then swiped my credit card to process the transaction".

As a verb, yes.

"Swiper no swiping!"

Haha.

EDIT: why say "stroke?" lol bad example.

I'm referring to the answer below me. LOL stroke...

EDIT:EDIT: lol sweeping BLOW...

You fail indeed!

To swipe something also means to steal it.

'That rotter swiped my umbrella'

So 'He swipes his umbrella' is OK..

(I mean gramatically, not karmically)