squeegee
IPA: skwˈidʒi
noun
- A tool consisting of a rubber or similar blade attached at a right angle to a handle, particularly
- (nautical) A long-handled tool used on ships for swabbing the decks and spreading protective coatings.
- Similar long-handled tools used for drying or leveling surfaces such as paths and roadways.
- A short-handled tool, especially as used on car windshields and home windows.
- A roller used to similar effect, particularly
- (photography) A tool used to remove excess moisture from a print.
- (historical) A street-cleaning machine consisting of a roller made of squeegee blades pulled by a horse.
- (printing) A tool used to force the ink through the stencil in silk-screen printing.
- (slang) A person who uses a squeegee, especially one who "cleans" the windshield of a car stopped at a traffic light and then demands payment.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To use a squeegee.
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Examples of "squeegee" in Sentences
- The rule dates to a time when so-called squeegee men, who roamed the roadways demanding tips in return for washing windshields, were common.
- Take a piece of glass an inch larger all round than the print, pour upon it dilute gelatin, and then "squeegee" the print and glass together.
- i also remember swiping a squeegee from a gas station so that every now and then one of us could reach out the window and wipe off the windshield!
- In the past three months, four so-called squeegee men have been wiping windshields at 45th Street and 11th Avenue, the New York Post reported Sunday.
- We stop at a red light and one of the neighborhood's "squeegee" men comes up to the car to wipe the windshield, hoping to cadge some change out of us.
- The thought of having to "squeegee" my own ink vs stamping like a gocco sounds intimidating though … that will probably take practice to get it perfect!
- It doesn't squish while my toddler is eating, but if I am feeding her some soup, for instance, I can "squeegee" the last bits of soup out of the bottom corner of the bowl!
- Giuliani's quality-of-life legislation against so-called squeegee men and hot dog vendors sparked large-scale strikes and protests from those who believed the mayor's zero-tolerance policy was getting out of hand.
- May 3rd, 2006 at 8: 55 pm katy says: hello ryan – just read something i think you might have fun with … it’s an earlier post, but i’d like to see what you’ll do with it … it may even be child’s play for you … but be nice! squeegee is mostly agreeable … haven’t see you around here lately … have fun!
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