wetting

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English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɛtɪŋ/,
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  • Rhymes: -ɛtɪŋ

Verb

wetting

  1. present participle and gerund of wet

Noun

wetting (plural wettings)

  1. The act of making something wet.
    • 1838, George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c., page 28:
      It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings []
  2. The act of accidental urination on or in something.
  3. (US, MLE, slang) An act of murdering or seriously injuring someone.
    • 2018 August 25, (1011) Eleven X (Splash) Russ X Taze, here Taze (lyrics and music), “Anti”, 3:01–3:05:
      Earned my name name for all of them wettings
      If I let you live, then give blessings

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Adjective

wetting (not comparable)

  1. That makes (something) wet.

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