wet someone's appetite

verb

Eggcorn of whet someone's appetite

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Meanings

verbwet someone's appetite (third-person singular simple present wets someone's appetite, present participle wetting someone's appetite, simple past and past participle wet someone's appetite or wetted someone's appetite)

present singular third person wets someone's appetite · participle present wetting someone's appetite · participle past wetted someone's appetite · past wetted someone's appetite

  1. proscribedEggcorn of whet someone's appetite

Origin

Due to the rarity of whet (“to sharpen a knife; (figurative) to stimulate”) and an association of wet (“to make wet”) with salivating.

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APA

wet someone's appetite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20someone's%20appetite

MLA

“wet someone's appetite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20someone's%20appetite. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wet someone's appetite,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wet%20someone's%20appetite.

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