Meanings
plural windscreen wipers · alternative windscreen-wiper
- AustraliaNew ZealandUKautomotiveA device used to clear rain and dirt from a windscreen; normally a pivoting arm with a rubber blade.
The driver's window in each cab is fitted with an electrically-operated windscreen wiper, a sun visor, and a defroster, heated from a nozzle.
1958 July 28, “German Railbuses for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 501Synonyms: screen wiper, windshield wiper
- bodybuildingAn exercise where the back is parallel to the ground (lying on it or hanging via the arms from a pull-up bar) and the legs are perpendicular to the floor so that the lower torso with the legs is rotated to target the Musculus obliquus externus abdominis, the Musculus quadratus lumborum and the Musculus rectus abdominis.
Synonyms: screen wiper, windshield wiper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA device used to clear rain and dirt from a windscreen; normally a pivoting arm with a rubber blade.
nounAn exercise where the back is parallel to the ground (lying on it or hanging via the arms from a pull-up bar) and the legs are perpendicular to the floor so that the lower torso with the legs is rotated to target the Musculus obliquus externus abdominis, the Musculus quadratus lumborum and the Musculus rectus abdominis.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna mechanical device that cleans the windshield
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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windscreen wiper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windscreen%20wiper
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