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wet the baby's head

wet the baby's head verb: to celebrate the birth of a baby by drinking alcohol.

Verb

wet the baby's head (third-person singular simple present wets the baby's head, present participle wetting the baby's head, simple past and past participle wet the baby's head or wetted the baby's head)

  1. (figuratively) To celebrate the birth of a baby by drinking alcohol.
    • He goes off to the pub with his mates to drink the time away, and after a phone call to the hospital that tells him he is now a father he 'wets the baby's head' with yet more alcohol.2011, Sheila Kitzinger, Rediscovering Birth

Forms of wet the baby's head

third-person singular presentwets the baby's head
present participlewetting the baby's head
past participlewet the baby's head
pastwet the baby's head
past participlewetted the baby's head
pastwetted the baby's head

Questions about wet the baby's head

What does wet the baby's head mean?
Wet the baby's head means to celebrate the birth of a baby by drinking alcohol.
What part of speech is wet the baby's head?
Wet the baby's head is a verb.
What is the past tense of wet the baby's head?
The past tense of wet the baby's head is wet the baby's head.

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