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wiper definition

wiper (wī′pər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that wipes
  2. something used for wiping, as a towel or rag
  3. a moving electrical contact, as in a rheostat
  4. a projecting piece on a rotating or rocking part, which raises and lowers or trips another, usually reciprocating, part; cam; eccentric
  5. a squeegee blade attached to an arm that can be moved automatically back and forth across a windshield

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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