Meanings
plural windshield wipers · alternative windshield-wiper
- Synonym of windscreen wiper.
- CanadaUStransportSynonym 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 2013Synonyms: windscreen wiper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of windscreen wiper (“device for a vehicle”).
nounSynonym of windscreen wiper (“exercise movement”).
More synonyms by meaning
nouna mechanical device that cleans the windshield
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مِمْسَحَةُ الزُجَاجِ
- مِمْسَحَةُ الزُجَاجِ (mimsaḥatu z-zujāji)device to clear a windshield
Basque haizetako-garbigailu
- haizetako-garbigailudevice to clear a windshield
Bulgarian чиста́чка
- чиста́чка (čistáčka)device to clear a windshield
Catalan eixugaparabrises
- eixugaparabrisesdevice to clear a windshield
Chinese Cantonese 水撥 /水拨
- 水撥 /水拨 (seoi² but⁶)device to clear a windshield
Chinese Mandarin 雨刷
- 雨刷 (yǔshuā)device to clear a windshield
Czech stěrač
- stěračdevice to clear a windshield
Danish vinduesvisker
- vinduesviskerdevice to clear a windshield
Dutch ruitenwisser
- ruitenwisserdevice to clear a windshield
Esperanto glacoviŝilo
- glacoviŝilodevice to clear a windshield
Finnish tuulilasinpyyhin, tuulilasinpyyhkijä
- tuulilasinpyyhindevice to clear a windshield
- tuulilasinpyyhkijädevice to clear a windshield
- tuulilasinpyyhkijäexercise of lower torso rotation
French essuie-glace
- essuie-glacedevice to clear a windshield
German Scheibenwischer
- Scheibenwischerdevice to clear a windshield
Greek υαλοκαθαριστήρας
- υαλοκαθαριστήρας (yalokatharistíras)device to clear a windshield
Hungarian ablaktörlő
- ablaktörlődevice to clear a windshield
Icelandic rúðuþurrka
- rúðuþurrkadevice to clear a windshield
Italian tergicristallo
- tergicristallodevice to clear a windshield
Japanese ワイパー
- ワイパー (waipā)device to clear a windshield
Korean 와이퍼
- 와이퍼 (waipeo)device to clear a windshield
Malay pengelap cermin depan
- pengelap cermin depandevice to clear a windshield
Norwegian Bokmål vindusvisker
- vindusviskerdevice to clear a windshield
Persian برفپاککن
- برفپاککن (barf-pâk-kon)device to clear a windshield
Polish wycieraczka
- wycieraczkadevice to clear a windshield
Portuguese limpa-para-brisas
- limpa-para-brisasdevice to clear a windshield
Romanian ștergător de parbriz
- ștergător de parbrizdevice to clear a windshield
Russian стеклоочисти́тель, дво́рник
- стеклоочисти́тель (stekloočistítelʹ)device to clear a windshield
- дво́рник (dvórnik)device to clear a windshield
Spanish limpiaparabrisas, crico
- limpiaparabrisasdevice to clear a windshield
- cricodevice to clear a windshield
- tricosdevice to clear a windshield
- waiperdevice to clear a windshield
- wishiwaiperdevice to clear a windshield
Swedish vindrutetorkare, vindrutetorkare
- vindrutetorkaredevice to clear a windshield
- vindrutetorkareexercise of lower torso rotation
Thai ที่ปัดน้ำฝน
- ที่ปัดน้ำฝน (tîi-bpàt-náam-fǒn)device to clear a windshield
Turkish silecek
- silecekdevice to clear a windshield
Cite this entry
windshield wiper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windshield%20wiper
“windshield wiper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windshield%20wiper. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “windshield wiper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windshield%20wiper.
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