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wets one's whistle

wets one's whistle is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wet one's whistle.

Meaning of wet one's whistle

Verb

wet one's whistle (third-person singular simple present wets one's whistle, present participle wetting one's whistle, simple past and past participle wet one's whistle or wetted one's whistle)

  1. (idiomatic) To have a drink; to quench one's thirst.
    • I'll take another glass of the sherry wine, just to wet my whistle, as the vulgar saying is, before I begin.1876, Wilkie Collins, chapter 9, in The Two Destinies
    Synonyms:
    wet one's beak

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What is wets one's whistle the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Wets one's whistle is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wet one's whistle.

Words near wets one's whistle in the dictionary

  1. wets
  2. wets down
  3. wets one's beak
  4. wets one's clay
  5. wets one's pants
  6. wets one's whistle
  7. wets oneself
  8. wets out
  9. wets the baby's head
  10. wets the bed
  11. wets the other eye

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