To strangle or choke someone.
To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
To kill or seriously injure.
to wet the baby's head
To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.
To make (oneself, clothing, a bed, etc.) wet by accidental urination.
To make or become wet.
To cover or impregnate with liquid.
To celebrate by drinking alcohol.
Permitting alcoholic beverages.
Of a person: inexperienced in a profession or task; having the characteristics of a rookie.
Using afterburners or water injection for increased engine thrust.
Of a burrito, sandwich, or other food: covered in a sauce.
Of a Quaker: liberal with respect to religious observance.
Made up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
Of calligraphy and fountain pens: depositing a large amount of ink from the nib or the feed.
Of a sound recording: having had audio effects applied.
Of a scientist or laboratory: working with biological or chemical matter.
Of weather or a time period: rainy.
Involving assassination or "wet work".
Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid.
Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.
Ineffectual, feeble, showing no strength of character.
Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
Rainy season. (often capitalized)
A tyre for use in wet weather.
Rainy weather.
Liquid or moisture.
An alcoholic drink.
One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
A weak or sentimental person; a wimp or softie.
A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.