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Definition: Squeegee |
SqueegeeNoun1. T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows). Verb1. Wipe with a squeegee, as of a window. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | A handled device with a traverse holder used in screen or stencil printing to spread and force the color paste through the orifices of the screen. Source: European Union. (references) |
Fine Arts | Device for pressing the water out of wet prints and squeezing them into contact with the glazing sheet. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Also squilgee or squillagee: a device constructed like a small -- and used (as by a. . . lithographer) for wiping off excess moisture. . . or forcing ink, paint. . . through a stencil or screen. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | A strip of uncured rubber, approximately tread-width, which is applied to BAND stock to reduce friction and promote adhesion between plies of completed tire. (references) |
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Screenplays | And finally, he was holding his squeegee with an overlapping lacrosse grip. (Get Smart; writing credit: Shinichi Sekizawa; Futaro Yamada) | |
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| "Squeegee" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "Squeegee" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 87.5% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 12.5% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 16 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "squeegee": floor squeegee ♦ squeegee roller. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "squeegee": squeegee-suction. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
squeegee | 72 |
window squeegee | 15 |
henri lamoureux squeegee | 10 |
shower squeegee | 7 |
squeegee blade | 7 |
floor squeegee | 6 |
squeegee kid | 4 |
nads squeegee | 3 |
squeegee rubber | 3 |
industrial squeegee | 2 |
kid photo squeegee | 2 |
squeegee handle | 2 |
california squeegee | 2 |
squeegee wholesale | 2 |
paintball squeegee | 2 |
man one printer screen squeegee | 2 |
arm one printing screen squeegee | 2 |
car squeegee | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "squeegee"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kruajtëse (scraper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ممسحة مطاطية, المدحاة المطاطية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | чистя с гумена миячка, пресовам с гумена ролка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 橡皮刮板. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | gumový stíraè. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | svaber (swab), spartel, skraber (bug, disc scraper, doctor, doctor blade, doctor knife, drag hooks, dredge, flight, go-devil, knife, paddle, pig, pipeline cleaner, pipeline scraper, scraper), visker (compress, pad, pledget, sponge, swab, tampon), presse (press), kvætserulle, gummispartel, gummiskraber. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wisser, trekker (tractor), rakel (doctor, doctor blade, doctor knife), pers (Persian, press). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | puristin (clamp, press), painoraakeli, kuminen painolasta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | raclette (squilgee, squillagee). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wischer (wiper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κύλινδρος στεγνώματος, σπάτουλα για στρώσιμο χρώματος, σπάτουλα (knifing filler, paddle, spackle, spatula, stopper, trowel), ξύστρα (pencil sharpener, rake, scraper, sharpener), εργαλείο προσ εξάπλωση ιξωδών ουσίων, εργαλίο προσ απόμαξη ύδατοσ, ελαστικό μάκτρον, ελαστικό μάκτρο στεγνώματος, ατσαλάκι, διάταξη εκτύπωσης. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | simítóhenger, gumitörlõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spatola (depressor, putty, spatula, tongue), seccatoio, rullo di essiccamento, raschino (eraser, rubber), racletta, pressa (crowd, press). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jingeyder ushtey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eegeesquay rodo (rake). (various references) резиновый валик, резиновая швабра. (various references) naprava za sušenje prozora, naprava za sušenje poda, naprava za sušenje palube. (various references) rodillo de escurrido, rasqueta (scraper), rascador (back scratcher, scraper), prensa (press, press house, printing machine, printing press), espatula (putty, shovel, spade, spatula), enjugador de goma. (various references) spatel (spatula), spackel (putty knife), skrapa (bark, chafe, lecture, scoop, scrabble, scrape, scraper, scratch, shave, skin), press (crusher, oppression, press, pressure, squeezer), gummivals. (various references) fotoğraf kurutucu lastik, cam sileceği (windscreen wiper, windshield wiper), çekçek (handcart, jinricksha, jinrikisha, pushcart, rickshaw). (various references) гумова швабра. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "squeegee": squeegeed, squeegeeing, squeegees. (additional references) | |
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"Squeegee" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: squeege, squeegie, squeegy, squeezee, squege, squegee, squegy, squiege. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-e-g-q-s-u" | |
-3 letters: geese, segue, squeg. | |
-4 letters: gees. | |
-5 letters: gee, see, seg, sue, suq, use. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-e-g-q-s-u" | |
+1 letter: squeegeed, squeegees. | |
+3 letters: squeegeeing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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