squeegee

Plural: squeegees

Noun

• T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows)
• A tool consisting of a rubber or similar blade attached at a right angle to a handle, particularly
• A long-handled tool used on ships for swabbing the decks and spreading protective coatings.
• A tool consisting of a rubber or similar blade attached at a right angle to a handle, particularly
• Similar long-handled tools used for drying or leveling surfaces such as paths and roadways.
• A tool consisting of a rubber or similar blade attached at a right angle to a handle, particularly
• A short-handled tool, especially as used on car windshields and home windows.
• A roller used to similar effect, particularly
• A tool used to remove excess moisture from a print.
• A roller used to similar effect, particularly
• A street-cleaning machine consisting of a roller made of squeegee blades pulled by a horse.
• A roller used to similar effect, particularly
• A tool used to force the ink through the stencil in silk-screen printing.
• A person who uses a squeegee, especially one who "cleans" the windshield of a car stopped at a traffic light and then demands payment.

Verb

Verb Forms: squeegeed, squeegeeing, squeegees

• To wipe or clean a surface using a rubber-bladed tool.
• wipe with a squeegee
  • "squeegee the windows"
• To use a squeegee.

Examples

• He wished he could SQUEEGEE away all the low-value tiles from his rack.

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