soaking wet

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soaking wet

adjective

  1. idiomatic, not comparable Extremely wet.

    Similar: drenched, soaked to the bone, sopping wet, wet through, wringing wet

  2. informal, not comparable, of a person's weight As a maximum; at most. I weigh one hundred eight pounds soaking wet, I work out because it's important to me to stay in shape, and I'm not half as fragile as you think I am.

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adj extremely wet

Françaistrempé comme une soupe
Deutschklatschnass

adj maximum (when speaking of a person's weight)

Françaistout mouillé

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@misc{soaking_wet_2026,
  title = {soaking wet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soaking%20wet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}