squeegee vs windshield wiper

squeegee

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

  • 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 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. 

windshield wiper

noun
  • a device used to clear rain and dirt from a windshield; normally a pivoting arm with a rubber blade 

  • An exercise where the back is parallel to the ground (lying on it or hanging via the arms from a pull-up bar) and the legs are perpendicular to the floor so that the lower torso with the legs is rotated to target the Musculus obliquus externus abdominis, the Musculus quadratus lumborum and the Musculus rectus abdominis. 

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