windscreen wiper

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windscreen wiper

noun windscreen wipers · windscreen-wiper

  1. Australia, New Zealand, UK A 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.

    Similar: screen wiper, windshield wiper

  2. An 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.

    Similar: screen wiper, windshield wiper

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@misc{windscreen_wiper_2026,
  title = {windscreen wiper},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/windscreen%20wiper},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}