Found 2 items, similar to wet blanket.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: wet blanket
wet blanket
n : someone who spoils the pleasure of others [syn:
spoilsport,
killjoy,
party pooper]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Wet blanket
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.]
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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.
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2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season.
“Wet
October's torrent flood.” --Milton.
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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.
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4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior.
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Wet blanket,
Wet dock, etc. See under
Blanket,
Dock,
etc.
Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. [Slang]
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Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See
Nasty.
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