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squeegee
[ skwee-jee, skwee-jee ]
noun
- an implement edged with rubber or the like, for removing water from windows after washing, sweeping water from wet decks, etc.
- 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)
- to sweep, scrape, or press with or as if with a squeegee.
- to force (paint, ink, etc.) through a screen in making a silk-screen print.
squeegee
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noun
- an implement with a rubber blade used for wiping away surplus water from a surface, such as a windowpane
- 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
verb
- to remove (water or other liquid) from (something) by use of a squeegee
- tr to press down (a photographic print, etc) with a squeegee
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of squeegee1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of squeegee1
Example Sentences
The sustenance is presided over by a sculpture of an Amazonian woman, who wields a squeegee rather than a lance.
Others have hit the streets, selling flowers and brandishing squeegees to wash car windows.
Edan McPherson dips a long squeegee into a pool of melted chocolate, draws the rubber blade across the coarse mesh.
Reynolds’ baseball bat could be considered a deadly weapon and his actions placed the squeegee workers in imminent danger, the attorneys said.
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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