wet the baby's head en · VERB
Meanings
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(figuratively) To celebrate the birth of a baby by drinking alcohol.
He goes off to the pub with his mates to drink the time away, and after a phone call to the hospital that tells him he is now a father he 'wets the baby's head' with yet more alcohol.
2011, Sheila Kitzinger, Rediscovering Birth:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wets the baby's head | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| wetting the baby's head | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| wet the baby's head | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| wet the baby's head | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| wetted the baby's head | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| wetted the baby's head | Tense=Past | lexicographic |