whet
IPA: wˈɛt
noun
- The act of whetting something.
- That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer.
verb
- (transitive) To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
- (transitive) To stimulate or make more keen.
- (transitive, obsolete) To preen.
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Examples of "whet" in Sentences
- Do you think this had kind of whet your appetite for more animation?
- Theres a pair of imbeciles around here called whet (nee sven) and ashie for perfect examples of such stupidity.
- They're not "wet stones" but rather "whetstones" as in "whet: to make keen or more acute;" whet my appetite "; to sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone"
- For the first time, a Government of independent Sri Lanka has appointed a military censor to "whet" and "cut" media reports relating to sensitive material on the war.
- I would like to nominate "whet" and "bobthedog" purely on the fact they are both tree hugging PC fu-cktards, who would rather fight for the rights of fugees than they would for the rights of the people who actually deserve it.
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