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got wet

got wet is the simple past of get wet.

Meaning of get wet

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.
  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:
    grool
  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

Questions about got wet

What is got wet the simple past of?
Got wet is the simple past of get wet.

Words near got wet in the dictionary

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

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