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wet wipes

wet wipes is the plural of wet wipe.

Meaning of wet wipe

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

Questions about wet wipes

What is wet wipes the plural of?
Wet wipes is the plural of wet wipe.

Words near wet wipes in the dictionary

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

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