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The confusion between whet and wet has two sources. First, the expression wet your whistle, meaning "have a drink" or "quench your thirst," can cause people to swap the verbs whet and wet. Second, when something whets your appetite, it makes your mouth water — and water (or saliva) is wet. But when you look at the examples of incorrect usage ...
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WHET SOMEONE'S APPETITE definition: 1. to increase someone's interest in and wish for something, usually by giving them a small…. Learn more.
used when a situation is awkward and deserves no response because the comment was to dumb to answer with a real answer. Not associated with "wit"
How to use whet in a sentence. to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone); to make keen or more acute : excite, stimulate… See the full definition
whet. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Tools whet /wet/ verb (whetted, whetting) [ transitive] 1 → whet somebody’s appetite (for something) 2 literary to make the edge of a blade sharp → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus whet • Any departure from it would be more likely to whet appetites than to ...
WHET SOMEONE'S APPETITE meaning: 1. to increase someone's interest in and wish for something, usually by giving them a small…. Learn more.
