Definition of Squeegee

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


2. Verb. Wipe with a squeegee. "Squeegee the windows"
Generic synonyms: Pass Over, Wipe

Definition of Squeegee

1. n. Same as Squilgee.

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

Definition of Squeegee

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Noun. (slang) A person who cleans the windscreen of a vehicle stopped in traffic then demands payment from the driver. ¹

3. Noun. (printing) A tool used in silk-screen printing for forcing the ink through the stencil and thus printing the desired image. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To clean with a squeegee. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Squeegee

1. to wipe with a squeegee (an implement for removing water from a surface) [v -GEED, -GEEING, -GEES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squeegee

squealed
squealer
squealers
squealing
squealingly
squealling
squeals
squeamish
squeamishly
squeamishness
squeamishnesses
squeamous
squeasy
squee
squeed
squeegee (current term)
squeegeed
squeegeeing
squeegeelike
squeegees
squeeing
squees
squeezabilities
squeezability
squeezable
squeezableness
squeezably
squeeze
squeeze box
squeeze by

Literary usage of Squeegee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Highway Engineers' Handbook by Arthur Horace Blanchard (1919)
"squeegee Machine Cleaning. squeegee machine cleaning is confined exclusively ... squeegee cleaning is intended primarily for roadways where the dirt to l>e ..."

2. American Highway Engineers' Handbook by Arthur Horace Blanchard (1919)
"squeegee Machine Cleaning. squeegee machine cleaning is confined exclusively ... The squeegee gang unit should consist of a horse-drawn sprinkler followed ..."

3. The photographic studios of Europe by Henry Baden Pritchard (1882)
"... placed upon the cardboard, and then pressed down, and the superfluous glue removed with a squeegee. We should like to have described Mr. Barton's low, ..."

4. A New Treatise on the Modern Methods of Carbon Printing by Albert Martin Marton (1905)
"The drag squeegee must always be used in transferring the tissue to the ... DRAG squeegee. There is quite a knack in using this tool to the best advantage. ..."

5. Henley's Twentieth Century Forrmulas, Recipes and Processes: Containing Ten by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1914)
"Clean olT the films, polish with French chalk, and squeegee your prints thereto. ... squeegee down on this a print, and an opaline will be your reward. ..."

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