heavy wetter

noun

Someone, especially a baby or toddler, who urinates a large volume into their diaper at one time, often causing the diaper to leak as it has inadequate time to absorb all of the liquid.

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Meanings

nounheavy wetter (plural heavy wetters)

plural heavy wetters

  1. Someone, especially a baby or toddler, who urinates a large volume into their diaper at one time, often causing the diaper to leak as it has inadequate time to absorb all of the liquid.
  2. Someone who frequently wets their diaper, especially during sleep, but not necessarily at one time; a super soaker.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see heavy, wetter.

Origin

From heavy (“a high rate of flow”) + wetter (“someone who wets something”).

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APA

heavy wetter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heavy%20wetter

MLA

“heavy wetter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heavy%20wetter. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heavy wetter,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heavy%20wetter.

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