squeegee
/ˈskwiˌd͡ʒi/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English
Meaning
noun
A tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber or some other material attached at a right angle to a handle.
noun
A tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber or some other material attached at a right angle to a handle.
noun
A tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber or some other material attached at a right angle to a handle.
noun
A tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber or some other material attached at a right angle to a handle.
noun
A tool consisting of a roller attached to a handle, used for applying pressure, removing liquid, etc.
noun
A tool consisting of a roller attached to a handle, used for applying pressure, removing liquid, etc.
noun
A tool consisting of a roller attached to a handle, used for applying pressure, removing liquid, etc.
noun
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.
Slang
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."
- "[F]our men were employed in playing the jets, two in moving the hose from place to place, and four with brooms in sweeping the surfaces of the asphalte and keeping the channels free from straw and larger refuse; they also used squeegees to dry the surface of the asphalte, it being thought desirable that it should be left as dry as possible, […]"
- "This roadway is paved with granite blocks laid in the usual sand cement cushion layer, about 1 inch thick, with the joints filled with hot asphalt mixed with heated sand. By means of squeegees, a thin coating, sprinkled with sand, is left upon the surface, resulting in a smooth, resilient, and long-wearing surface that will help to deaden the sounds due to traffic, and be more quickly repaired than concrete."
- "For roughly the same cost as two bottles of bathroom cleaner, it is now possible to buy a small squeegee and a microfibre cloth. If you can, buy a squeegee that also has a sucker attachment to enable it to be stuck somewhere convenient and always at hand the moment you emerge gleaming from your ablutions."
- "As for holy-stoning the decks [of the yacht], I set my face against that from the first; it is the worst description of nervous torture of which I ever heard, excepting perhaps, the infliction of the squee gee, which, as its name almost implies, sets every tooth in one's head on edge for a week."
- "But now the old ship had a new flavor all her own. Her decks were slippery with [whale] oil; […] "Here, yew two!" Eph shouted as they stood shivering in the sudden chill. "Git them squeegees and scrape this ile to'ards the try works. Lively now, afore it gits out th' scuppers.""
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: -ee
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈskwiˌd͡ʒi/
- British English: /ˈskwiːd͡ʒiː/