单词 | squeegee |
释义 | squeegeen. 1. a. A scraping implement, usually consisting of a straight-edged blade of india-rubber, gutta-percha, or the like, attached to the end of a long handle, for removing water, mud, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scraper > [noun] > scraping with squeegee > squeegee squeegee1844 1844 Mrs. Houstoun Texas & Gulf of Mexico I. 39 Holy-stoning the decks..is the worst description of nervous torture of which I ever heard, excepting perhaps, the infliction of the squee gee. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 648 Squeegee, an effective swabbing instrument, having a plate of gutta~percha fitted at the end of a broom handle. 1884 Law Times Rep. 50 635/2 They had swept mud in a state of batter to the side of a road by means of ‘squeegees’. b. A similar implement for cleaning windows, windscreens, etc., or for other purposes requiring smooth application of pressure. ΚΠ 1918 L. E. Ruggles Navy Explained 130 Squeegee—..used in civil life to clean windows. 1955 Sci. News Let. 2 Apr. 224/1 Resembling a window cleaner's squeegee, the sweeper is ribbed to fold gently back and forth when it is moved across the floor. 1955 Sci. Amer. Oct. 126/3 A small squeegee or an automobile windshield wiper will help in the cleaning job. 1962 Which? Oct. 314/1 The Gnomist transfer had to be stuck on with water and a squeegee, which the manufacturer provided. 1977 Harrison Mayer Ltd. Catal. 15/1 The colour in paste form is forced by means of a squeegee through a fine mesh mounted on a frame. 2. Photography. A strip of rubber mounted on a wooden frame which serves as a handle, for squeezing moisture from a print, pressing a film closer to its mount, etc.; a rubber roller serving this purpose; a squeezer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > processing and printing equipment > [noun] > other processing or printing equipment filter paper1670 buffer1854 fuming-box1874 squeegee1878 light trap1881 changing table1882 print-washer1889 washer1891 safe lamp1893 rectifier1921 apron1935 register board1967 1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. 170 The plate is then placed on a small low stool..and the excess of water squeezed out by means of a squeegee. 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 57 Use a Roller Squeegee.—After the print is applied to the mount,..gently roll the squeegee over it. Compounds squeegee band n. Nautical colloquial an improvised band (see quots.). Cf. washboard n. 3c. ΚΠ 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin x. 176 Before very long the ‘squeegee band’, composed of two drums, a dozen fifes, many mouth-organs, and an unholy number of mess kettles and other noisy utensils, was marching round the deck. 1979 A. C. Hampshire Just Old Navy Custom 225 Squeegee band, composed of instruments not usually found in a band, e.g. Jew's harp; mouth-organ; comb and paper, etc. Draft additions 1997 A (young) person with a squeegee who cleans the windscreen of a car stopped in traffic and solicits payment from the driver. Originally and frequently attributive in squeegee bandit, squeegeekid, squeegee thug, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing other specific things > [noun] > one who washes vehicles > one who washes car windscreens squeegee1985 1985 Washington Post 28 Apr. b1/1 When rush-hour traffic backs up along the downtown streets here, the ‘squeegee kids’ are in business. 1986 J. A. Friedman Cops & Skells in Tales of Times Square (1993) 137 The squeegee bandits at 42nd and Ninth take a moment's break from their particular contribution to a cleaner New York when the patrol passes. 1991 Evening Standard 13 May 7/2 ‘Squeegees’, the growing urban tribe who molest waiting motorists at busy road junctions. 1992 Crime Beat Jan. 6/3 The squeegee thugs..have become a scourge of inner-city motorists... The squeegees wait at busy intersections. When cars stop for a red light, the young men carrying long-handled rubber squeegees approach each car in line offering to clean the windshield. 1993 H. Stern Private Parts xi. 304 We showed her as a carnival barker, a Hare Krishna, a nun, and a squeegee woman washing car windshields. 1994 Rolling Stone 19 May 34/3 She let out a voice so clear one could have made a windshield out of it that would put the squeegeemen out of work for good. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). squeegeev. 1. a. transitive. To press, squeeze, or force, with a squeegee. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > make broad in relation to thickness [verb (transitive)] > make thin and flat by pressure squata1300 to-squatc1325 quasha1387 squash1565 squeeze1601 squelch1625 squeegee1885 1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 346/2 When cold, squeegee the emulsion..through muslin. 1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 411/2 A piece of American cloth to protect the print while squeegeeing. 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 49 Take a print, put it face down on the glass and lightly squeegee it until it lies flat. b. With adverbs and prepositions, as on, out, together. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [verb (transitive)] > others squeegee1883 prescreen1923 shop1997 1883 J. T. Taylor Hardwich's Man. Photogr. Chem. (ed. 9) 347 It is then ‘squeegeed’ down on the glass and developed. 1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 324 The two surfaces can be brought into contact and squegeed together. 1890 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 259 It can be turned over and squeegeed out flat. 2. To scrape with a squeegee; = squilgee vb. at squilgee n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scraper > clean by scraping [verb (transitive)] > scrape with squeegee squeegee1886 squilgee1905 1886 All Year Round 4 Sept. 104 The decks were persistently holystoned, scrubbed, ‘squeegéed’, and swabbed. 3. intransitive. To use a squeegee. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scraper > clean by scraping [verb (intransitive)] > use a squeegee squeegee1972 1972 Times 20 Sept. 3/3 He washes, then squeegees. 1977 Centuryan (Office Cleaning Services) Christmas 17/2 Eva squeegeed off as first of the guest shiners. Derivatives squeegeed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [adjective] > made broad and flat > by pressure squat1600 quasheda1652 squatteda1678 squelched1837 squashed1856 squeegeed1904 1904 W. P. Drury Peradventures Priv. Pagett 10 A sloppy road between two squeegeed banks of mud. squeegeeing n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [noun] > other processes anthotype1843 blacking up1866 spotting1867 squeegeeing1892 photofinishing1916 dropout1948 prescreening1956 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 435 The squeegeeing process..is unsuitable for it. 1894 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 41 11 The squeegeeing is then gone on with. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1844v.1883 |
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