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wets the baby's head

wets the baby's head is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wet the baby's head.

Meaning of wet the baby's head

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

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Wets the baby's head is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wet the baby's head.

Words near wets the baby's head in the dictionary

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

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