wetter
adjective
- 1
Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
“Water is wet.”
- 2
Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
“I went out in the rain and now my clothes are all wet.”
- 3
Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
- 4
Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
“This pen’s a wet writer, so it’ll feather on this cheap paper.”
- 5
Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
- 6
Of weather or a time period: rainy.
“It’s going to be wet tomorrow.”
- 7
Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
“That guy’s wet; after all, he just started yesterday.”
- 8
(of women) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
“He got me all wet.”
- 9
Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
“Don’t be so wet.”
- 10
(retronym) Permitting alcoholic beverages.
- 11
Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
- 12
Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
- 13
Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
“the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed”
- 14
Involving assassination or "wet work".
“a wet affair; a wet job; wet stuff”
Synonyms
noun
- 1
Agent noun of wet: someone who wets something as part of some process.
- 2
A wetting agent or surfactant.
- 3
A bedwetter.
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