wetting
adj1
That makes (something) wet.
- Derived terms
- wetting agent
wetting
nounUS /ˈwɛtɪŋ/
1
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:
2
The act of accidental urination on or in something.
3
Multicultural London English, US, Slang An act of murdering or seriously injuring someone.
- Earned my name name for all of them wettings If I let you live, then give blessings2018 August 25, (1011) Eleven X (Splash) Russ X Taze, here Taze, “Anti”, 3:01–3:05:
- Derived terms
- bedwetting, pant-wetting, wetting down, wetting machine