wiper

English

Etymology

wipe +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪpɚ/
• Rhymes: -aɪpə(r)

Noun

wiper (plural wipers)

1. Someone who wipes.
   • Robert Browning, The Pied Piper of Hamelin

     So, Willy, let you and me be wipers / Of scores out with all men — especially pipers!

2. Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.
3. Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping.
4. A movable electric contact in some devices.
5. (nautical) A junior role in the engine room of a ship, someone who wipes down machinery and generally keeps it clean.

Derived terms

• wiper wheel

Translations

someone who wipes

• Finnish: pyyhkijä (fi)
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• Italian: tergicristallo (it)

something used for wiping

• Arabic: مِمْسَحَة f (mimsaḥa), مِمْسَح m (mimsaḥ)
• Finnish: pyyhe (fi) (towel); pyyhin (fi)
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• Russian: тря́пка (ru) f (trjápka) (cloth), полоте́нце (ru) n (poloténce) (towel), салфе́тка (ru) f (salfétka) (napkin, paper towel)

something designed for wiping

• Danish: visker c
• Esperanto: viŝilo
• Finnish: pyyhin (fi), pyyhkijä (fi)
• Hindi: कछना (hi) (kachnā), कछनी (hi) (kachnī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: visker m

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• Russian: дво́рник (ru) m (dvórnik) (windshield wiper)

movable electric contact

• Finnish: pyyhkäisykosketin
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nautical: junior role in the engine room

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