wet oneself

verb

To lose control of one's bladder and involuntarily urinate into one's clothing.

Meanings

verbwet oneself (third-person singular simple present wets oneself, present participle wetting oneself, simple past and past participle wet oneself or wetted oneself)

present singular third person wets oneself · participle present wetting oneself · participle past wetted oneself · past wetted oneself

  1. To lose control of one's bladder and involuntarily urinate into one's clothing.

    “Looks like she wetted herself, poor child,” the woman said, dabbing at my clothes with a wet towel, […]

    2009, Joyce Carol Oates, Little Bird of Heaven, London: Fourth Estate, HarperCollinsPublishers, published 2010, →ISBN, pages 201–202

    Synonyms: piss oneself, pee oneself, pee one's pants, piss one's pants

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo lose control of one's bladder and involuntarily urinate into one's clothing.

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 瀨尿 /濑尿
  • 瀨尿 /濑尿 (laai⁶ niu⁶)lose control of one's bladder
Chinese Mandarin 尿褲子 /尿裤子
  • 尿褲子 /尿裤子 (niào kùzi)lose control of one's bladder
Dutch broekplassen
  • broekplassenlose control of one's bladder
Finnish laskea alleen
  • laskea alleenlose control of one's bladder
French se mouiller, faire pipi dans sa culotte
  • se mouillerlose control of one's bladder
  • faire pipi dans sa culottelose control of one's bladder
  • s’empipierlose control of one's bladder
German sich in die Hose machen
  • sich in die Hose machenlose control of one's bladder
Greek κατουριέμαι
  • κατουριέμαι (katouriémai)lose control of one's bladder
Hungarian bevizel, bepisil
  • bevizellose control of one's bladder
  • bepisillose control of one's bladder
  • bepisállose control of one's bladder
  • behugyoziklose control of one's bladder
Italian farsela sotto
  • farsela sottolose control of one's bladder
Norwegian tisse på seg, tisse seg ut
  • tisse på seglose control of one's bladder
  • tisse seg utlose control of one's bladder
  • tisse i buksalose control of one's bladder
Polish posikać się
  • posikać sięlose control of one's bladder
Portuguese mijar-se
  • mijar-selose control of one's bladder
Russian обпи́саться, упи́саться
  • обпи́саться (obpísatʹsja)lose control of one's bladder
  • упи́саться (upísatʹsja)lose control of one's bladder
Spanish orinarse, mearse
  • orinarselose control of one's bladder
  • mearselose control of one's bladder
Swedish kissa på sig
  • kissa på siglose control of one's bladder
Turkish altına yapmak, altını ıslatmak
  • altına yapmaklose control of one's bladder
  • altını ıslatmaklose control of one's bladder
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