wetting

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of wet

noun

1. The act of making something wet.
   It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings […] 1838, George Adolphus Wigney, An Elementary Dictionary, Or, Cyclopaediae, for the Use of Maltsters, Brewers &c., page 28
2. The act of accidental urination on or in something.
3. (US, MLE, slang) An act of murdering or seriously injuring someone.
   Earned my name name for all of them wettings If I let you live, then give blessings 2018-08-25, (1011) Eleven X (Splash) Russ X Taze, here Taze (lyrics and music), “Anti”, 3:01–3:05

adj

1. That makes (something) wet.