squeegee

Etymology
Probably from, an intensified form of. Compare earlier,.

Noun

 * 1) A tool consisting of a rubber or similar blade attached at a right angle to a handle, particularly
 * 2)  A long-handled tool used on ships for swabbing the decks and spreading protective coatings.
 * 3) Similar long-handled tools used for drying or leveling surfaces such as paths and roadways.
 * 4) A short-handled tool, especially as used on car windshields and home windows.
 * 5) A roller used to similar effect, particularly
 * 6)  A tool used to remove excess moisture from a print.
 * 7)  A street-cleaning machine consisting of a roller made of squeegee blades pulled by a horse.
 * 8)  A tool used to force the ink through the stencil in silk-screen printing.
 * 9)  A person who uses a squeegee, especially one who "cleans" the windshield of a car stopped at a traffic light and then demands payment.
 * 1)  A person who uses a squeegee, especially one who "cleans" the windshield of a car stopped at a traffic light and then demands payment.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: raamwisser
 * Arabic: مَسَّاحَة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Catalan: eixugavidres
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 刮水刷,
 * Czech: stěrka
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ikkunalasta,
 * French:
 * German:, Gummiabzieher, Gummiwischer
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ablaklehúzó, gumiélű ablaktörlő
 * Ido: kauchuka swabro
 * Italian: lavavetri, tergivetro,
 * Japanese: スクイージー, スキージー
 * Kazakh: ракель
 * Korean: 고무래
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Maori: rautahi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: nal
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Polish: odciągacz, ściągaczka
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, рези́новая шва́бра, (с рези́новой наса́дкой),
 * Spanish: secador
 * Swedish:, fönsterskrapa
 * Tagalog: elastikong panlampaso
 * Tajik: сеҳрнок
 * Turkish:
 * Welsh: gwesgi
 * West Flemish: trekker


 * Czech: těrka, stěrka, rakle
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Polish: rakiel,

Verb

 * 1)  To use a squeegee.
 * 2) * 1885, Charles George Warnford Lock, Workshop Receipts, 4th Ser., p. 411:
 * ...a piece of American cloth to protect the print while squeegeeing...
 * ...a piece of American cloth to protect the print while squeegeeing...

Usage notes
Sometimes used with prepositions such as, , , &c.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: pyyhkiä lastalla
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: gwesgïo