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SQUEEGEE
squeegee
(noun) T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows)
squeegee
(verb) wipe with a squeegee; “squeegee the windows”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
squeegee (plural squeegees)
A tool consisting of a rubber or similar blade attached at a right angle to a handle, particularly
(nautical) A long-handled tool used on ships for swabbing the decks and spreading protective coatings. [1844]
Similar long-handled tools used for drying or leveling surfaces such as paths and roadways. [1884]
A short-handled tool, especially as used on car windshields and home windows. [1918]
A roller used to similar effect, particularly
(photography) A tool used to remove excess moisture from a print. [1878]
(historical) A street-cleaning machine consisting of a roller made of squeegee blades pulled by a horse.
(printing) A tool used to force the ink through the stencil in silk-screen printing.
(slang) A person who uses a squeegee, especially one who "cleans" the windshield of a car stopped at a traffic light and then demands payment. [1991]
Verb
squeegee (third-person singular simple present squeegees, present participle squeegeeing, simple past and past participle squeegeed)
(ambitransitive) To use a squeegee. [1883]
Usage notes
Sometimes used with prepositions such as out, down, together
Source: Wiktionary
Squee"gee, n.
Definition: Same as Squilgee.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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