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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
squeegee
    n 1: T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the
         top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing
         windows)
    v 1: wipe with a squeegee; "squeegee the windows"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Squeegee \Squee"gee\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squeegeed
   (skw[=e]"j[=e]d; skw[=e]*j[=e]d"); p. pr. & vb. n.
   Squeegeeing (skw[=e]"j[=e]*[i^]ng; skw[=e]*j[=e]"[i^]ng).]
   To smooth, clean, press, or treat with a squeegee; to
   squilgee.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Squeegee \Squee"gee\ (skw[=e]"j[-e]), n.
   Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a
   kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of
   leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other
   liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window
   panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also squilgee,
   squillagee.]
   [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Squilgee \Squil"gee\ (skw[i^]l"j[-e]), n.
   Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a
   kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of
   leather, -- used for removing superfluous water or other
   liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window
   panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also squillgee,
   squillagee, squeegee.]
   [1913 Webster]

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