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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)

, squee·geed, squee·gee·ing.
  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

/ ˈskwiːdʒiː /

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of squeegee1

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

Origin of squeegee1

C19: probably of imitative origin, influenced by squeeze
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Example Sentences

So whenever it rained, we had to pull over every two miles and take a squeegee to it.

As a flustered Ally regales the encounter, a flashback reveals the entire, surprisingly explicit soap-and-squeegee affair.

Lay a piece of tissue-paper over the face of the mount and roll the print smooth with a squeegee.

A smooth glass bottle can be used if one has no squeegee, or a new wooden rolling-pin answers every purpose.

The rubber edge of the squeegee should be free from notches, often caused by contact with the sharp edges of glass plates.

A small rubber squeegee such as photographers use is useful here.

The projecting edges are folded over the boards and rubbed down with the squeegee.

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