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SQUEEGEE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Irregular inflected form: squilgee
I. (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)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they squeegee ... he / she / it squeegees
Past simple: squeegeed
-ing form: squeegeeing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
squeegee the windows
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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))