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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024whet /hwɛt, wɛt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], whet•ted, whet•ting. - to sharpen by grinding or friction.
- to make eager;
stimulate:That primary whetted her appetite for running in the general election.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024whet (hwet, wet),USA pronunciation v., whet•ted, whet•ting, n. v.t. - to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
- to make keen or eager;
stimulate:to whet the appetite; to whet the curiosity.
n. - the act of whetting.
- something that whets;
appetizer or drink. - Dialect Terms[Chiefly Southern U.S.]
- a spell of work.
- a while:to talk a whet.
- bef. 900; Middle English whetten (verb, verbal), Old English hwettan (derivative of hwæt bold); cognate with German wetzen, Old Norse hvetja, Gothic gahwatjan to incite
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