Usually means: Drink to satisfy one's thirst.
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  1. wet one's whistle: Merriam-Webster
  2. wet one's whistle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wet one's whistle, wet one's whistle: Collins English Dictionary
  4. wet one's whistle: Wiktionary
  5. wet one's whistle, wet ones whistle: Dictionary.com
  6. Wet one's whistle: World Wide Words

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verb:  (idiomatic) To have a drink; to quench one's thirst.

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