wet end

noun

The first section of a paper machine to which the pulp is delivered in a slurry form (as mixture of fiber and water).

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Meanings

nounwet end (plural wet ends)

plural wet ends

  1. The first section of a paper machine to which the pulp is delivered in a slurry form (as mixture of fiber and water).
  2. Someone who is incompetent.

    Then the other grabbed the rifle from his friend and said, “You wet end! Here! Let me show ya how to do it.”

    2010, Michael Causey, The Shaman's Wolf, page 164
    1 more example

    Sean's lower lip was trembling. "Kevin Pelkey says—" "Who are you going to believe? That wet end or your own brother? […]

    1991, Stephen King, Needful Things

Translations

Finnish märkäpää
  • märkäpääsection of a paper machine
German Siebpartie
  • Siebpartiesection of a paper machine
Cite this entry
APA

wet end. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20end

MLA

“wet end.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20end. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wet end,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20end.

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