Meanings
plural wetters
- agentAgent noun of wet: someone who wets something as part of some process.
- A wetting agent or surfactant.
- A bedwetter.
- Multicultural London EnglishslangA knife used to commit wettings (stabbings).
Anywhere, anytime, I'll get him, if he's in love; I'll corn his wedding He backed his wetter, I backed my wetter but who really held that wetting?
2019 September 11, Yanko, “Next Up”, in #ACGK, 1:49
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
nounsomeone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Germanic*wētaz
- Proto-West Germanic*wāt
- Old Englishwǣt
- Middle Englishwet
- Englishwet
- Englishwetter
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with wetter
Cite this entry
wetter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wetter
“wetter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wetter. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wetter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wetter.
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