Usually means: Sharpen or stimulate desire, appetite.
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  1. whet: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. whet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. whet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. whet: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Whet, whet: Wordnik
  7. whet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. whet: Wiktionary
  9. whet: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. whet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. whet: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. whet: Dictionary.com
  13. whet: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. whet: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. WHET, Whet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Whet: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. whet: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. whet: Rhymezone
  19. Whet: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. whet: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. whet: Free Dictionary
  22. whet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. whet: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
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  2. whet: Idioms

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  1. whet, whet: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Whet: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
verb:  (transitive) To stimulate or make more keen.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To preen.
noun:  The act of whetting something.
noun:  That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer.

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