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get wet

get wet verb: to come into contact with, or to put (something) into contact with, water, rain, mist, or another liquid.

Verb

get wet (third-person singular simple present gets wet, present participle getting wet, simple past got wet, past participle (UK) got wet or (US) gotten wet)

  1. (ambitransitive, literally) To come into contact with, or to put (something) into contact with, water, rain, mist, or another liquid.
    • I stood too close to the waterfall, and I got wet.
    • The steel of this tool isn't stainless, so if you get it wet, you need to dry it off promptly.
  2. (idiomatic) To begin secreting vaginal fluid as a result of sexual arousal; to be sexually aroused.
    • Sometimes I get wet right away, but other times I'm aroused but not very wet.2002, Sallie Foley, Sally A. Kope, Dennis P. Sugrue, Sex Matters for Women: A Complete Guide to Taking Care of Your Sexual Self, page 281
    Synonyms:
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  3. (slang) To abuse phencyclidine (commonly known as "PCP" or "angel dust").
    • Alonzo Harris: […] Didn't know you liked to get wet, dog.
      Jake Hoyt: What's "wet"?
      Alonzo Harris: Butt-naked. Ill. Sherms. Dust. PCP. Primos. P-Dog. That's what you had. That's what you were smoking, you couldn't taste it?2001, David Ayer, Training Day

get wet meaning in Bengali

get wet in Bengali

to get wet
ভিজে যাওয়া bhije jaōẇa

Synonyms of get wet

Forms of get wet

third-person singular presentgets wet
present participlegetting wet
pastgot wet
past participle UKgot wet
past participle USgotten wet

Questions about get wet

What does get wet mean?
Get wet means to come into contact with, or to put (something) into contact with, water, rain, mist, or another liquid.
What is get wet in Bengali?
Get wet in Bengali is ভিজে যাওয়া (bhije jaōẇa). See Get wet meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is get wet?
Get wet is a verb.
What is the past tense of get wet?
The past tense of get wet is got wet.

Words near get wet in the dictionary

  1. get up with the chickens
  2. get used
  3. get wasted
  4. get well
  5. get well soon
  6. get wet
  7. get what one asked for
  8. get what's coming to one
  9. get wind
  10. get wind in one's jaws
  11. get wind of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: get wet (page history and authors); ভিজে যাওয়া (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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