SQUEEGEE (squilgee)

Pronunciation (US):

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: squilgee   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does squeegee mean? 

• SQUEEGEE (noun)
  The noun SQUEEGEE has 1 sense:

1. T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows)

  Familiarity information: SQUEEGEE used as a noun is very rare.

• SQUEEGEE (verb)
  The verb SQUEEGEE has 1 sense:

1. wipe with a squeegee

  Familiarity information: SQUEEGEE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUEEGEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("squeegee" is a kind of...):

cleaning device; cleaning equipment; cleaning implement (any of a large class of implements used for cleaning)

Derivation:

squeegee (wipe with a squeegee)

• SQUEEGEE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they squeegee    ... he / she / it squeegees   
Past simple: squeegeed   
Past participle: squeegeed   
-ing form: squeegeeing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wipe with a squeegee

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

squeegee the windows

Hypernyms (to "squeegee" is one way to...):

pass over; wipe (rub with a circular motion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

squeegee (T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows))