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get wet en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (ambitransitive, literally) To come into contact with, or to put (something) into contact with, water, rain, mist, or another liquid.
   • The steel of this tool isn't stainless, so if you get it wet, you need to dry it off promptly.
   • The station had an ingenious "worm" - a corrugated iron tunnel permitting First Class passengers to transfer from platform to hotel without fear of getting wet. 2022 August 24, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the Cotswold Line”, in RAIL, number 964, page 60:
   • I stood too close to the waterfall, and I got wet.
   • Some things can go in the water, like my dolphin boots, but other things, like books, are not so good when they get wet. 2004, Karen Hesse, The Music of Dolphins, page 84:
2. (idiomatic) To begin secreting vaginal fluid as a result of sexual arousal; to be sexually aroused.
   • Sometimes I get wet right away, but other times I'm aroused but not very wet. 2002, Sallie Foley, Sally A. Kope, Dennis P. Sugrue, Sex Matters for Women: A Complete Guide to Taking Care of Your Sexual Self, page 281:
3. (slang) To abuse phencyclidine (commonly known as "PCP" or "angel dust").
   • Alonzo Harris: […] Didn't know you liked to get wet, dog. Jake Hoyt: What's "wet"? Alonzo Harris: Butt-naked. Ill. Sherms. Dust. PCP. Primos. P-Dog. That's what you had. That's what you were smoking, you couldn't taste it? 2001, David Ayer, Training Day:

Forms

Synonyms

grool

Translations (23)

cmn 弄濕 /弄湿 (come into contact with water) · pl moknąć (come into contact with water) · gl mollar (come into contact with water) · cmn 淋雨 (come into contact with water) · fi kastua (come into contact with water) · pl zmoknąć (come into contact with water) · fi käyttää enkelipölyä (to abuse phencyclidine) · ja 濡れる (of a woman, to become sexually aroused) · qu sut'uy (come into contact with water) · es mojarse (come into contact with water) · cmn 嗑天使塵 /嗑天使尘 (to abuse phencyclidine) · uk намока́ти (come into contact with water) · nl nat worden (come into contact with water) · cmn 濕了 /湿了 (of a woman, to become sexually aroused) · fi kostua (of a woman, to become sexually aroused) · fr mouiller (of a woman, to become sexually aroused) · ru намо́кнуть (come into contact with water) · ru намока́ть (come into contact with water) · uk мо́кнути (come into contact with water) · yue 整濕 /整湿 (come into contact with water) · ru мо́кнуть (come into contact with water) · yue 淋雨 (come into contact with water) · uk намо́кнути (come into contact with water)