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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024squee•gee /ˈskwidʒi, skwiˈdʒi/USA pronunciation n., pl. -gees, v., -geed, -gee•ing. n. [countable] - a tool made of a handle and a blade edged with rubber, for removing water from windows after washing, sweeping water from wet decks, etc.
v. [~ + object] - to sweep, scrape, or press with or as if with a squeegee.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024squee•gee (skwē′jē, skwē jē′),USA pronunciation n., v., -geed, -gee•ing. n. - an implement edged with rubber or the like, for removing water from windows after washing, sweeping water from wet decks, etc.
- Photographya 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.
v.t. - 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.
Also, squilgee, squillagee. - 1835–45; origin, originally a nautical term; of obscure origin, originally
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: squeegee /ˈskwiːdʒiː/, (less commonly)squilgee n - 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
vb ( -gees, -geeing, -geed)- to remove (water or other liquid) from (something) by use of a squeegee
Etymology: 19th Century: probably of imitative origin, influenced by squeeze |