noun

• Someone who wipes.
• Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.
• Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping.
• A movable electric contact in some devices.
• (nautical) A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.
• (obsolete, slang) An impertinent young man.
• A hybrid fish variety artificially bred from eggs of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) fertilized with white bass (Morone chrysops) sperm, or the opposite combination.