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wet

1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. He’s been drinking since noon and is pretty wet.

2. mod. having to do with an area where is it legal to sell alcohol. (Compare this with dry.) Is it wet or dry in this county?

3. mod. feeble; in the manner of a nerd. Tom is totally wet. What a jerk.

See:

• (as) mad as a wet hen
• a wet blanket
• a wet dream
• all wet
• be all wet
• be wet behind the ears
• could talk under water
• dip one's toes into
• get feet wet
• get one's feet wet
• get wet
• have a face like a wet weekend
• like a drowned rat
• mad as a hornet
• rode hard and put away wet
• soaking wet
• sopping wet
• the cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet
• wet
• wet (one's) beak
• wet (one's) pants
• wet (oneself)
• wet back
• wet behind the ears
• wet blanket
• wet down
• wet dream
• wet noodle
• wet one
• wet one's whistle
• wet rag
• wet sock
• wet the baby's head
• wet the bed
• wet whistle