Definition of "whet" []

• To sharpen (a knife, for example); hone. (verb-transitive)
• To make more keen; stimulate: The frying bacon whetted my appetite. (verb-transitive)
• The act of whetting. (noun)
• Something that whets. (noun)
• Informal An appetizer. (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.

• "They're not "wet stones" but rather "whetstones" as in "whet: to make keen or more acute;" whet my appetite "; to sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone""
• "Theres a pair of imbeciles around here called whet (nee sven) and ashie for perfect examples of such stupidity."
• "Do you think this had kind of whet your appetite for more animation?"