Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wet
nounwetting (plural wettings)
plural wettings
- The act of making something wet.
It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings […]
1838, George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c., page 28 - The act of accidental urination on or in something.
- Multicultural London EnglishUSslangAn act of murdering or seriously injuring someone.
Earned my name name for all of them wettings If I let you live, then give blessings
2018 August 25, (1011) Eleven X (Splash) Russ X Taze, here Taze, “Anti”, 3:01–3:05
adjectivewetting (not comparable)
- not comparableThat makes (something) wet.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish kastelu, kastelu
- kasteluact of making something wet
- kasteluact of accidental urination
Irish fliuchán
- fliuchánact of making something wet
Portuguese molhada
- molhadaact of making something wet
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with wetting
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APA
wetting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wetting
MLA
“wetting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wetting. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wetting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wetting.
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