squeg

intransitive verb

ˈskweg

squegged; squegged; squegging; squegs

: to oscillate in a highly irregular fashion especially from too much unwanted feedback

—used of an electronic system

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from squegger tube in which the valve oscillates, from squegg- (blend of squeeze and wedge) + -er; from the oscillation's being a form of blocking of the grid

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