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squeegee

[ skwee-jee, skwee-jee ]

noun

  1. an implement edged with rubber or the like, for removing water from windows after washing, sweeping water from wet decks, etc.
  2. a similar and smaller device, as for removing excess water from photographic negatives or prints or for forcing paint, ink, etc., through a porous surface, as in serigraphy.


verb (used with object)

squeegeed, squeegeeing.
  1. to sweep, scrape, or press with or as if with a squeegee.
  2. to force (paint, ink, etc.) through a screen in making a silk-screen print.

squeegee

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noun

  1. an implement with a rubber blade used for wiping away surplus water from a surface, such as a windowpane
  2. any of various similar devices used in photography for pressing the water out of wet prints or negatives or for squeezing prints onto a glazing surface
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to remove (water or other liquid) from (something) by use of a squeegee
  2. tr to press down (a photographic print, etc) with a squeegee
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of squeegee1

First recorded in 1835–45; originally a nautical term; of obscure origin
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of squeegee1

C19: probably of imitative origin, influenced by squeeze
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The sustenance is presided over by a sculpture of an Amazonian woman, who wields a squeegee rather than a lance.

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Others have hit the streets, selling flowers and brandishing squeegees to wash car windows.

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Edan McPherson dips a long squeegee into a pool of melted chocolate, draws the rubber blade across the coarse mesh.

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Reynolds’ baseball bat could be considered a deadly weapon and his actions placed the squeegee workers in imminent danger, the attorneys said.

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The high-profile tragedy reignited longstanding debate about Baltimore’s squeegee workers, mostly Black youths from disadvantaged backgrounds looking to make fast cash.

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