squeegee

A T-shaped implement having a crosspiece edged with rubber or leather that is drawn across a surface to remove water, as in washing windows.

A similar implement or a rubber roller used in printing and photography.

To wipe or smooth with a squeegee.

To treat with a squeegee or squilgee.

Nautical, same as squilgee.

In photography, a stout strip of soft rubber set longitudinally in a wooden back which serves as a handle, and beyond which the rubber projects.

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.

To smooth, clean, press, or treat with a squeegee; to squilgee.

A tool consisting of a rubber blade at right angles to a handle, used for spreading, pushing or wiping liquid material on, across or off a surface, especially when cleaning glass, eg the windscreen of a vehicle or a shop window, to remove soapy water.

A person who cleans the windscreen of a vehicle stopped in traffic then demands payment from the driver.