wiping

To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)

“I wiped the sweat from my brow with the back of my hand.”

To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.

To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.

To erase.

“I accidentally wiped my hard drive.”

To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.

To remove an expression from one's face.

“You should wipe that smirk off your face before the boss comes in.”

To deperm (a ship).

To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.

“If you try to fight that boss underprepared, you're definitely gonna wipe.”

The act by which something is wiped.

“multiple wipings of a computer's hard disk”

Material wiped off something.

“analysis of wipings taken from a suspect's hands”

A thrashing.