Squeegee
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈskwiːd͡ʒiː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Squeegee is a noun meaning A tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber or some other material attached at a right angle to a handle.
Meaning
A tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber or some other material attached at a right angle to a handle.
More Meanings
- A tool consisting of a roller attached to a handle, used for applying pressure, removing liquid, etc.
- (intransitive) To use a squeegee.
- (transitive) Sometimes followed by down, out, together, etc.: to press or spread (a substance) using a squeegee (noun sense); also, to use a squeegee on (something, such as a surface).
- (slang) A person who uses a squeegee (noun sense 1.2); specifically, one who makes an unsolicited attempt to clean the windshield of a car stopped at a traffic light and then requests payment; a squeegee bandit.
Example Sentences
This machine, […] consists of a timber cylinder revolving on an axle, […] The cylinder is armed externally with diagonally-fixed scrapers, squeegees, or brushes.
Having regulated the temperature, the following articles will be required:– […] a rubber squeegee, and a piece of American cloth to protect the print while squeegeeing; […]
By degrees the ship began to assume the appearance which one expects a British man-of-war to wear. […] The decks were persistently holystoned, scrubbed, ‘squeegéed’, and swabbed, till every speck was removed from them, with about a quarter of an inch of solid wood as well; […]
Transparencies on glass, for use in the Stereoscope, the magic lantern, or for window decoration, may very easily be made by the Carbon process. […] The Carbon tissue, previously cut to the dimensions of the glass, is printed as previously directed, with a very narrow safe-edge: it is then "squeegeed" down on the glass and developed.
Word Forms
- squeegees
- squeegeeing
- squeegeed
Synonyms for squeegee
Depending on context, synonyms include squilgee.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wiper, squeezer, widget, sawblade, washwipe, shave.
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