wiper

English

Etymology

wipe +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aɪpə(r)

Noun

wiper (plural wipers)

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!
Something, such as a towel, that is used for wiping.
Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping.
A movable electric contact in some devices.
(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)

Italian: tergicristallo (it)

something used for wiping

Arabic: مِمْسَحَة‎ f (mimsaḥa), مِمْسَح‎ m (mimsaḥ)
Finnish: pyyhe (fi) (towel); pyyhin (fi)

Russian: тря́пка (ru) f (trjápka) (cloth), полоте́нце (ru) n (poloténce) (towel), салфе́тка (ru) f (salfétka) (napkin, paper towel)

something designed for wiping

Finnish: pyyhin (fi), pyyhkijä (fi)
Hindi: कछना (hi) (kachnā), कछनी (hi) (kachnī)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: visker m

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

movable electric contact

Finnish: pyyhkäisykosketin

nautical: junior role in the engine room

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