noun · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈskwiːd͡ʒiː/
Received-Pronunciation:/skwiːˈd͡ʒiː/
General-American:/ˈskwiˌd͡ʒi/
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rhymes with -iːdʒi
rhymes with (one pronunciation) -iː
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber or some other material attached at a right angle to a handle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
noun
Meaning 2
A tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber or some other material attached at a right angle to a handle.
A long-handled tool with a blade used for cleaning and/or drying surfaces, or for levelling paths, roadways, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber or some other material attached at a right angle to a handle.
A short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber or some other material attached at a right angle to a handle.
A long-handled tool with a blade used on ships for swabbing decks and spreading protective coatings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: squilgee
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A tool consisting of a roller attached to a handle, used for applying pressure, removing liquid, etc.
A street-cleaning machine consisting of a roller with blades pulled by a horse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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6
noun
Meaning 6
A tool consisting of a roller attached to a handle, used for applying pressure, removing liquid, etc.
A tool used to press film into a mount, remove excess moisture from a print, etc.; a squeezer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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7
noun
Meaning 7
A tool consisting of a roller attached to a handle, used for applying pressure, removing liquid, etc.
A tool with a roller or blade used to force ink through a stencil in silk-screen printing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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8
noun
Meaning 8
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: squeegee kid, squeegee thug
Antonyms: none provided
9
verb
Meaning 9
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: squilgee
Antonyms: none provided
10
verb
Meaning 10
To use a squeegee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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11
noun
Meaning 11
T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
The noun is probably derived from squeege (“(informal, dated) to squeeze”, verb) (an intensified form of squeeze (verb)) + -ee (suffix attached to verbs to form nouns meaning persons or things that are the subjects of the verbs). Compare earlier squilgee, squillgee (“tool in the form of a mop or swab, or a blade with a long handle, used for cleaning and/or drying a vessel’s deck”). The verb is derived from the noun.
Across languages
Translations
72 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Finnish:
lasta
— tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber, etc., attached at a right angle to a handle
French:
raclette
— tool for scraping consisting of a blade of rubber, etc., attached at a right angle to a handle
Afrikaans:
raamwisser
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Arabic:
مَسَّاحَة
(massāḥa)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Armenian:
քերոց
(kʻerocʻ)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Armenian:
գլանակ
(glanak)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Bulgarian:
стъргалка за прозорци
(stǎrgalka za prozorci)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Catalan:
eixugavidres
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Chinese Mandarin:
刮刀刮水刷
(guādāo)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Czech:
stěrka
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Danish:
svaber
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Dutch:
trekker
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Dutch:
vloertrekker
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Dutch:
raamwisser
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Finnish:
ikkunalasta
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Finnish:
lasta
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
French:
raclette
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
German:
Abzieher
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
German:
Gummiabzieher
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
German:
Gummiwischer
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Greek:
ρακλέτα
(rakléta)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Hebrew:
מַגֵּב
(magév)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Hungarian:
ablaklehúzó
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Hungarian:
gumiélű ablaktörlő
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Icelandic:
skafa
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Ido:
kauchuka swabro
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Italian:
lavavetri
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Italian:
tergivetro
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Italian:
seccatoio
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Japanese:
スクイージー
(sukuījī)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Japanese:
スキージー
(sukījī)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Kazakh:
ракель
(rakel)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Korean:
고무래
(gomurae)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Kyrgyz:
ракеля
(rakelya)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Māori:
rautahi
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Norwegian Bokmål:
nal
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Norwegian Nynorsk:
nal
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Iranian Persian:
تِی
(tey)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Polish:
odciągacz
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Polish:
ściągaczka
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Portuguese:
rodo
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Russian:
ра́кель
(rákelʹ)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Russian:
рези́новая шва́бра
(rezínovaja švábra)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Russian:
скребо́к
(skrebók)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Russian:
водосго́н
(vodosgón)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Spanish:
secador
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Spanish:
lampazo
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Spanish:
haragán
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Spanish:
jalador
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Swedish:
skrapa
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Swedish:
fönsterskrapa
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Tagalog:
elastikong panlampaso
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Tajik:
сеҳрнок
(sehrnok)
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Turkish:
çekçek
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Welsh:
gwesgi
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
West Flemish:
trekker
— short-handled tool with a blade for drying car windshields, windows, etc.
Finnish:
hevosvetoinen katupesuri
— street-cleaning machine consisting of a roller with blades pulled by a horse
Czech:
těrka
— tool used to force ink through a stencil in silk-screen printing
Czech:
stěrka
— tool used to force ink through a stencil in silk-screen printing
Czech:
rakle
— tool used to force ink through a stencil in silk-screen printing
Dutch:
rakel
— tool used to force ink through a stencil in silk-screen printing
Finnish:
lasta
— tool used to force ink through a stencil in silk-screen printing
German:
Rakel
— tool used to force ink through a stencil in silk-screen printing
Polish:
rakiel
— tool used to force ink through a stencil in silk-screen printing
Polish:
rakla
— tool used to force ink through a stencil in silk-screen printing
Finnish:
lastalla pyyhkijä
— person who uses a squeegee
Bulgarian:
стържа
(stǎrža)
— (transitive) to press or spread (a substance) using a squeegee; to use a squeegee on (something); (intransitive) to use a squeegee
Dutch:
aftrekken
— (transitive) to press or spread (a substance) using a squeegee; to use a squeegee on (something); (intransitive) to use a squeegee
Finnish:
pyyhkiä lastalla
— (transitive) to press or spread (a substance) using a squeegee; to use a squeegee on (something); (intransitive) to use a squeegee
French:
racler
— (transitive) to press or spread (a substance) using a squeegee; to use a squeegee on (something); (intransitive) to use a squeegee
Swedish:
skrapa
— (transitive) to press or spread (a substance) using a squeegee; to use a squeegee on (something); (intransitive) to use a squeegee
Welsh:
gwesgïo
— (transitive) to press or spread (a substance) using a squeegee; to use a squeegee on (something); (intransitive) to use a squeegee
