/skwee"jee, skwee jee"/ , n. , v. , squeegeed, squeegeeing .
n.
1. an implement edged with rubber or the like, for removing water from windows after washing, sweeping water from wet decks, etc.
2. a similar and smaller device, as for removing excess water from photographic negatives or prints or for forcing paint, ink, etc., through a porous surface, as in serigraphy.
v.t.
3. to sweep, scrape, or press with or as if with a squeegee.
4. to force (paint, ink, etc.) through a screen in making a silk-screen print.
Also, squilgee, squillagee .
[ 1835-45; orig. a nautical term; of obscure orig. ]