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Meanings of wetting in English

Spanish
pipi

A euphemism for urination.

pipi
Usage of wetting in English
1
His childhood was also marked by chronic bed-wetting and cruelty to animals.
Mindhunter
2
This takes place by the wetting and warming; for labors are parching.
Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
3
Beyond the fright and the wetting I had nothing to complain of.
The Law and the Lady
4
A small child could toddle through the water without wetting her knees.
Bones of the Dragon
5
The men who fell in got off with only an unpleasant wetting.
Stories Worth Rereading
6
Suddenly he thrust in his hand, wetting his sleeve to the elbow.
Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns; Or, Sinking the German U-Boats
7
I was chilled, too, from my wetting, in spite of the fire.
Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
8
I reckon he won't suffer none in the end for his wetting.
Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp; Or, Lost in the Backwoods
9
I have a shameful memory of wetting a bed in the caravan.
The Irish Times
10
We can open or shut a fruit by drying or wetting it.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884
11
We shipped a sea ourselves, which gave the fore-deck passengers a wetting.
Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 2.
12
What in the world is he wetting that perfectly clean cloth for?
Billy Whiskers' Adventures
13
Ben stood there for a moment, wetting his lips, looking at Bill.
IT
14
She could not conceive of a man taking cold through a wetting.
Joanna Godden
15
He was as drunk as a fly, sir, even after his wetting.
Poison Island
16
It splashed through water, icy spray wetting Argoth's exposed feet and face.
Servant of a dark god
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Translations for wetting
Spanish
pipi
Wetting through the time
Wetting across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common