# wetter

Pronunciation: US say "WET-ur" /ˈwɛtɚ/; UK say "WET-uh" /ˈwɛtə/

## Adjective

1. Comparative of wet. — comparative form of wet: more wet.
   - Simple: Comparative of wet. Use this to say something has more water on it than something else.
   - _The soil near the river is wetter than the ground up on the hill._
   - _After the storm, the streets were even wetter than before._

## Noun

2. Someone who urinates in bed during sleep, especially a child.
   - Simple: A person, often a young child, who wets the bed while asleep.
   - _The camp nurse kept a quiet list so any wetter could get a fresh set of sheets in the morning._
   - _He had been a wetter until the age of seven, much to his embarrassment._
3. Agent noun of wet. — Agent noun of wet: someone who wets something as part of some process.
   - Simple: Agent noun of wet. It names a worker who soaks or dampens things as part of a job.
   - _In the tannery, the wetter soaks each skin until it softens enough to work._
   - _The wetter passed the moistened sheets along to the press operator._
4. A substance that lowers a liquid's surface tension so it spreads and soaks in more readily; a surfactant.
   - Simple: A chemical that helps a liquid spread out and soak into a surface more easily.
   - _Farmers mix a wetter into the pesticide so it clings to waxy leaves._
   - _Without a wetter, the dye sat on top of the fabric instead of penetrating it._
5. A knife used to stab people; a weapon for committing stabbings. *(dialectal, Multicultural London English)*
   - Simple: A knife carried or used for stabbing people.
   - _Word on the street was that he always carried a wetter for protection._
   - _The gang member ditched the wetter in a storm drain after the fight._

## Origin

Formed from "wet" combined with the suffix "-er."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/wetter (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).