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wetted the baby's head

wetted the baby's head is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about wetted the baby's head

What is wetted the baby's head the simple past and past participle of?
Wetted the baby's head is the simple past and past participle of wet the baby's head.

Words near wetted the baby's head in the dictionary

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

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