squeegee vs trough

squeegee

noun
  • A tool used to remove excess moisture from a print. 

  • A street-cleaning machine consisting of a roller made of squeegee blades pulled by a horse. 

  • A short-handled tool, especially as used on car windshields and home windows. 

  • A long-handled tool used on ships for swabbing the decks and spreading protective coatings. 

  • Similar long-handled tools used for drying or leveling surfaces such as paths and roadways. 

  • A tool used to force the ink through the stencil in silk-screen printing. 

  • A person who uses a squeegee, especially one who "cleans" the windshield of a car stopped at a traffic light and then demands payment. 

verb
  • To use a squeegee. 

trough

noun
  • A rectangular container used for washing or rinsing clothes. 

  • A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough. 

  • A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front. 

  • A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals. 

  • A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle. 

  • A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel. 

  • Any similarly shaped container. 

  • A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates. 

  • low turning point or a local minimum of a business cycle 

verb
  • To eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough. 

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