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wet wipe

wet wipe noun: a small moistened piece of paper or cloth for cleaning or personal hygiene, often folded and individually wrapped for convenience.

Noun

wet wipe (plural wet wipes)

  1. A small moistened piece of paper or cloth for cleaning or personal hygiene, often folded and individually wrapped for convenience.
    • He opened it and took out a flattened bag of wet wipes and a packet of sherbet.2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 48
  2. (derogatory, slang) An annoying or contemptible person.
    • ‘Do you have to be such a wet wipe?’ Then she snorted. ‘Whatever. Who cares? Let’s be real – we don’t know each other, and we’re not going to get to know each other. I have literally no interest in you. We’re both playing for ourselves.[…]’2023, Kesia Lupo, Let’s Play Murder, London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, →ISBN, page 23
    • Thames Water has become the latest object lesson in the predictable and predicted folly of privatised monopolies, aided by a regulator that’s an even bigger wet wipe than the fatbergs bunging up the sewers.2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian

wet wipe meaning in Vietnamese

wet wipe in Vietnamese

moistened piece of paper or cloth
giấy ướt

Synonyms of wet wipe

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Forms of wet wipe

pluralwet wipes

Questions about wet wipe

What does wet wipe mean?
Wet wipe means a small moistened piece of paper or cloth for cleaning or personal hygiene, often folded and individually wrapped for convenience.
What is wet wipe in Vietnamese?
Wet wipe in Vietnamese is giấy ướt. See Wet wipe meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is wet wipe?
Wet wipe is a noun.
What is the plural of wet wipe?
The plural of wet wipe is wet wipes.

Words near wet wipe in the dictionary

  1. wet weed
  2. wet well
  3. wet wells
  4. wet willies
  5. wet willy
  6. wet wipe
  7. wet wipes
  8. wet work
  9. Wet'suwet'en
  10. wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometer
  11. wet-and-dry-bulb hygrometers

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