wet blanket

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
wet blanket
    n 1: someone who spoils the pleasure of others [syn:
         {spoilsport}, {killjoy}, {wet blanket}, {party pooper}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "wet blanket":
      Foamite, acid, automatic sprinkler, bore, buttonholer, carbon tet,
      carbon tetrachloride, carbon-dioxide foam, chill, cold water,
      crashing bore, crepehanger, damp, damper, deck gun, deluge set,
      determent, deterrent, discouragement, drag, drip, dryasdust, dusty,
      extinguisher, fire apparatus, fire engine, fire hose, fire hydrant,
      fireplug, flat tire, foam, foam extinguisher, frightful bore,
      grouch, headache, hook-and-ladder, humdrum, killjoy, ladder pipe,
      malcontent, nuisance, pessimist, pest, pill, proser, pumper,
      snorkel, soda, sourpuss, spoilsport, sprinkler, sprinkler head,
      sprinkler system, super-pumper, twaddler, water, water cannon

    

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