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squee⋅gee

[skwee-jee, skwee-jee] noun, verb, -geed, -gee⋅ing.
–noun
1. an implement edged with rubber or the like, for removing water from windows after washing, sweeping water from wet decks, etc.
2. a 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.
–verb (used with object)
3. to sweep, scrape, or press with or as if with a squeegee.
4. to force (paint, ink, etc.) through a screen in making a silk-screen print.


Origin:
1835–45; orig. a nautical term; of obscure orig.
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squee·gee   (skwē'jē)   
n.  
  1. A T-shaped implement having a crosspiece edged with rubber or leather that is drawn across a surface to remove water, as in washing windows.

  2. A similar implement or a rubber roller used in printing and photography.

tr.v.   squee·geed, squee·gee·ing, squee·gees
To wipe or smooth with a squeegee.

[Perhaps from obsolete squeege, to press, alteration of squeeze.]
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