'Wet blanket' definitions:
Definition of 'wet blanket'
From: WordNet
noun
Definition of 'Wet blanket'
From: GCIDE
- Wet \Wet\ (w[e^]t), a. [Compar. Wetter; superl. Wettest.] [OE. wet, weet, AS. w[=ae]t; akin to OFries. w[=e]t, Icel. v[=a]tr, Sw. v[*a]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water. [root]137. See Water.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table. "Wet cheeks." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. "Wet October's torrent flood." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Chem.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See under Blanket, Dock, etc.
- Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See Nasty. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wet blanket'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acid,
- automatic sprinkler,
- bore,
- buttonholer,
- carbon tet,
- carbon tetrachloride,
- carbon-dioxide foam,
- chill,
- cold water,
- crashing bore,
- crepehanger,
- damp,
- damper,
- deck gun,
- deluge set,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- discouragement,
- drag,
- drip,
- dryasdust,
- dusty,
- extinguisher,
- fire apparatus,
- fire engine,
- fire hose,
- fire hydrant,
- fireplug,
- flat tire,
- foam,
- foam extinguisher,
- Foamite,
- frightful bore,
- grouch,
- headache,
- hook-and-ladder,
- humdrum,
- killjoy,
- ladder pipe,
- malcontent,
- nuisance,
- pessimist,
- pest,
- pill,
- proser,
- pumper,
- snorkel,
- soda,
- sourpuss,
- spoilsport,
- sprinkler,
- sprinkler head,
- sprinkler system,
- super-pumper,
- twaddler,
- water,
- water cannon