squeg
Hate to bust your little gangsta hearts (or whatever kind of hearts you have) but squeg is a pre-existing word.
–verb (used without object), squegged, squeg·ging.
(of an electronic circuit or component) to produce an output that oscillates between a certain maximum and zero, especially when due to the effect of a grid.
Origin:
1940–45; blend of squeeze and peg
Note: “Squeg” is not to be confused with “squegg” which means to either be disinterested in gender or to try to freak someone out.
–verb (used without object), squegged, squeg·ging.
(of an electronic circuit or component) to produce an output that oscillates between a certain maximum and zero, especially when due to the effect of a grid.
Origin:
1940–45; blend of squeeze and peg
Note: “Squeg” is not to be confused with “squegg” which means to either be disinterested in gender or to try to freak someone out.
Squegging is what a volume meter does when a singer bumps into the microphone.
Waves squeg when someone drops a body in the ocean. Pencils get all squeggy when you do the old “rubber pencil” trick.
I squeg back and forth when I drink brandy and walk on ice.
Waves squeg when someone drops a body in the ocean. Pencils get all squeggy when you do the old “rubber pencil” trick.
I squeg back and forth when I drink brandy and walk on ice.
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