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Definition of "bed-wetting" [bed-wetting]

  • Enuresis, especially when occurring nocturnally during sleep. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bed-wetting" in a sentence
  • "Here a flamboyant recipe for roasting a peacock and serving it up in its skin, feathers and all, is followed by an unappetising cure for bed-wetting involving mouse boiled in urine."
  • "After Adam says he is excited for his team to "destroy" next week, Christina counters by bringing up Adam's bed-wetting issues."
  • "The Mitter-man is your typical bed-wetting "I afraid of everything so you should be too" GOP'er except that he wears magic drawers instead of a pointy hood."