squeegee

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: squee=gee

CIDE DICTIONARY

squeegee, 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.  [1913 Webster]

squeegee, v. t. 

 To smooth, clean, press, or treat with a squeegee; to squilgee.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

squeegee, n. & v.
--n.
1 a rubber-edged implement set on a long handle and used for cleaning windows, etc.
2 a small similar instrument or roller used in photography.
--v.tr. (squeegees, squeegeed) treat with a squeegee.

Etymology

squeege, strengthened form of SQUEEZE