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wet oneself

wet oneself verb: to lose control of one's bladder and involuntarily urinate into one's clothing.

Verb

wet oneself (third-person singular simple present wets oneself, present participle wetting oneself, simple past and past participle wet oneself or wetted oneself)

  1. To lose control of one's bladder and involuntarily urinate into one's clothing.
    • “Looks like she wetted herself, poor child,” the woman said, dabbing at my clothes with a wet towel, […]2009, Joyce Carol Oates, Little Bird of Heaven, London: Fourth Estate, HarperCollinsPublishers, published 2010, →ISBN, pages 201–202

Synonyms of wet oneself

Forms of wet oneself

third-person singular presentwets oneself
present participlewetting oneself
past participlewet oneself
pastwet oneself
past participlewetted oneself
pastwetted oneself

Questions about wet oneself

What does wet oneself mean?
Wet oneself means to lose control of one's bladder and involuntarily urinate into one's clothing.
What part of speech is wet oneself?
Wet oneself is a verb.
What is the past tense of wet oneself?
The past tense of wet oneself is wet oneself.

Words near wet oneself in the dictionary

  1. wet nursing
  2. wet one's beak
  3. wet one's clay
  4. wet one's pants
  5. wet one's whistle
  6. wet oneself
  7. wet out
  8. wet pack
  9. wet packs
  10. wet pail
  11. wet pailed

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