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Squeegee

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A T-shaped implement having a crosspiece edged with rubber or leather that is drawn across a surface to remove water, as in washing windows.

n. A similar implement or a rubber roller used in printing and photography.

v. To wipe or smooth with a squeegee.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A tool consisting of a rubber blade at right angles to a handle, used for spreading, pushing or wiping liquid material on, across or off a surface, especially when cleaning glass, eg the windscreen of a vehicle or a shop window, to remove soapy water.

n. A person who cleans the windscreen of a vehicle stopped in traffic then demands payment from the driver.

n. A tool used in silk-screen printing for forcing the ink through the stencil and thus printing the desired image.

v. To clean with a squeegee.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc.

v. To smooth, clean, press, or treat with a squeegee; to squilgee.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Nautical, same as squilgee.

n. In photography, a stout strip of soft rubber set longitudinally in a wooden back which serves as a handle, and beyond which the rubber projects.

To treat with a squeegee or squilgee.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. wipe with a squeegee

n. T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows)

Word Usage

"Giuliani's quality-of-life legislation against so-called squeegee men and hot dog vendors sparked large-scale strikes and protests from those who believed the mayor's zero-tolerance policy was getting out of hand."

Verb Form

squeegeed squeegeeing squeegees

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

wipe Passover cleaning equipment cleaning device cleaning implement

Cross Reference

squeegee merchant

Variant

squilgee squillagee

Form

squeegeed squeegeeing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

squilgee

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

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