What is the meaning of Squeegee?

A tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber or some other material attached at a right angle to a handle.

  1. A long-handled tool with a blade used for cleaning and/or drying surfaces, or for levelling paths, roadways, etc.
  2. A short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
  3. A long-handled tool with a blade used on ships for swabbing decks and spreading protective coatings.

    A long-handled tool with a blade used for cleaning and/or drying surfaces, or for levelling paths, roadways, etc.

    A short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.

    A long-handled tool with a blade used on ships for swabbing decks and spreading protective coatings.

    A tool consisting of a roller attached to a handle, used for applying pressure, removing liquid, etc.

    1. A street-cleaning machine consisting of a roller with blades pulled by a horse.
    2. A tool used to press film into a mount, remove excess moisture from a print, etc.; a squeezer.
    3. A tool with a roller or blade used to force ink through a stencil in silk-screen printing.

    A street-cleaning machine consisting of a roller with blades pulled by a horse.

    A tool used to press film into a mount, remove excess moisture from a print, etc.; a squeezer.

    A tool with a roller or blade used to force ink through a stencil in silk-screen printing.

    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.

    Sometimes followed by down, out, together, etc.: to press or spread (a substance) using a squeegee (noun sense); also, to use a squeegee on (something, such as a surface).

    To use a squeegee.

    Source: wiktionary.org

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