Wipe

Wipe means to clean a surface by rubbing something on it, but it is used in other contexts:

• Wiping, a process in which old television and radio recordings were overwritten, erased, or destroyed
• Wipe (transition), a gradual transition in film editing
• Wipe curtain, a kind of theater curtain
• In plumbing, a wiped joint is one created when two pipes are joined by solder as it re-solidifies after melting
• Total party kill, in roleplaying games, when an entire group is killed by hostile units
• Data erasure, purging a computer file to counter data remanence
• Bathroom hygiene, particularly in reference to wet wipes
• Charlie Brooker's Wipe series, including Screenwipe, Newswipe and his annual Wipe specials
• Wuhan Institute of Physical Education (WIPE), university in Wuhan, Hubei, China