as in sharpened
having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something
I'll need a well-whetted axe to split the wood
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sharp
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The find came during an impressive outing for the 36-year-old Democrat on Joe Rogan’s podcast in which the aspiring preacher espoused the same brand of sharp sound bytes that has earned him almost a million TikTok followers.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
21 July 2025 -
Colbert brought a sharper, politically critical timbre.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
21 July 2025
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“Whetted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whetted. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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