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windshield wiper

windshield wiper noun: synonym of windscreen wiper (“device for a vehicle”).

Noun

windshield wiper (plural windshield wipers)

  1. (Canada, US) Synonym of windscreen wiper (“device for a vehicle”).
    • Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic.2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2013
  2. Synonym of windscreen wiper (“exercise movement”).

windshield wiper meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Malay and Persian

windshield wiper in Tamil

மகிழுந்து கண்ணாடித் துடைப்பான்

windshield wiper in Arabic

device to clear a windshield
مِمْسَحَةُ الزُجَاجِ mimsaḥatu z-zujāji

windshield wiper in Malay

device to clear a windshield
pengelap cermin depan

windshield wiper in Persian

device to clear a windshield
برفپاککن barf-pâk-kon
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windshield wiper in Thai
ที่ปัดน้ำฝน tîi-bpàt-náam-fǒn

Synonyms of windshield wiper

Forms of windshield wiper

pluralwindshield wipers
alternative formwindshield-wiper

Questions about windshield wiper

What does windshield wiper mean?
Windshield wiper means synonym of windscreen wiper (“device for a vehicle”).
What is windshield wiper in Tamil?
Windshield wiper in Tamil is மகிழுந்து கண்ணாடித் துடைப்பான். See Windshield wiper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is windshield wiper?
Windshield wiper is a noun.
What is the plural of windshield wiper?
The plural of windshield wiper is windshield wipers.

Words near windshield wiper in the dictionary

  1. windshield bias
  2. windshield phenomenon
  3. windshield time
  4. windshield washer
  5. windshield washers
  6. windshield wiper
  7. windshield wipers
  8. windshield-wiper
  9. windshield-wipers
  10. windshielded
  11. windshielding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: windshield wiper (page history and authors); windshield wiper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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