squeegee
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5.0
- noun
- /ˈskwiːdʒi/
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limpiaparabrisas
- After washing the glass, she ran the squeegee along the surface to get rid of any streaks.
Anybody can come up to you and say, you know, when you're at the gas station and you go to clean, but there's no towel there to wipe off the squeegee.
- Anybody can come up to you and say, you know, when you're at the gas station and you go to clean, but there's no towel there to wipe off the squeegee.
- The videos of, like, Windows squeegee.
Examples
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With long-handled squeegees, women wage daily war against dust and marks made by pigeons on the exquisite ceramic tile sidewalks.
Fiction book (1993) -
For the big outside windows, I use a squeegee, then polish and wipe down edges with newspapers.
Blog text (5) -
I loved that first job, especially cleaning water off the windows with a squeegee.
Fiction book (2000) -
I started cleaning the back window with the gas station squeegee.
Blog text (3) -
Window washing: I bought a squeegee specifically with window cleaning in mind.
Blog text (13) -
Brian pulls a squeegee across the front windshield.
Fiction book (1993) -
I think I'd rather wash windows with those squeegees and blue paper towels.
Fiction book (1999) -
Then I poured the Mop 'N Glow and spread it around with a squeegee.
Fiction book (2002) -
All the days of standing with a bottle of sudsy water and a squeegee at the Fifty-seventh Street exit of the West Side Drive rushed through his mind.
Fiction book (1991) -
While Cille is inside paying for gas, Gail finds a plastic bucket full of murky water and a windshield squeegee next to one of the geraniums.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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2.4
A long thin strip of rubber that wipes a car windshield
Compounds
- Offensive
A person who cleans car windows for money at traffic lights, sometimes without asking
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Etymology
Squeegee probably comes from the common word squeeze ('to press'). A helpful way to remember is that a squeegee 'squeezes' water off glass, so it is the tool used to remove liquid.