WET BLANKET DEFINITIONS - 6 definitions found
wet blanket n 1: someone who spoils the pleasure of others [syn: spoilsport, killjoy, wet blanket, party pooper] wet blanket ˈwetˈblæŋkɪt n., informal A person or thing that keeps others from enjoying life. The teenagers don't invite Bob to their parties because he is a wet blanket. The weatherman throws a wet blanket on picnic plans when he forecasts rain. Compare: CREPE HANGER. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) wet blanket noun Date: 1844 one that quenches or dampens enthusiasm or pleasure Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary wet blanket (wet blankets) If you say that someone is a wet blanket, you are criticizing them because they refuse to join other people in an enjoyable activity or because they want to stop other people enjoying themselves. (INFORMAL) = spoilsport N-COUNT [disapproval] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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.] 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. 2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. ``Wet October's torrent flood.'' --Milton. 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. 4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior. Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See under Blanket, Dock, etc. Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. [Slang] Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See Nasty. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 57 Moby Thesaurus words for "wet blanket": Foamite, 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, 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 |
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