wet blanket
A person who takes the fun out of a situation or activity, as by pessimism, demands, dullness, etc.
blanket
/ˈblæŋkɪt/
verb 5noun 4adj 1
Collocations
8(noun.)
ADJ
heavy, thick | thin | warm | electric
VERB + BLANKET
cover sb with, wrap sb in
draw up, pull up
He drew up the blanket over his shoulders because the room was cold.
kick off, push off, throw off
PREP
beneath/under a/the ~
The children huddled beneath the warm blanket while watching the storm outside.
Definitions
noun
1
A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.
The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.
The little boys in the front bedroom had thrown off their blankets and lay under the sheets.
2
A covering layer of anything.
The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.
In this case, the excavations were carried down to a depth of 3 ft. 9 in. below rail level, and pre-cast concrete slabs were laid between a 12 in. blanket of quarry waste and the ballast.
3
A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.
A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate.
4
A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
adj
1
General; covering or encompassing everything.
Another observer offered a less blanket criticism.
Some others appear to be adopting a more blanket approach
verb
1
To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.
A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area.
[…] / I will preſerue my ſelfe, and am bethought / To take the baſeſt and moſt pooreſt ſhape, / That euer penury in contempt of man, / Brought neare to beaſt, my face ile grime with filth, / Blanket my loynes, elſe all my haire with knots, / And with preſented nakedness outface, / The wind, and perſecution of the skie, / […]
2
To traverse or complete thoroughly.
The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood.
3
To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
Hang him, poore grogran-raſcall, pray thee thinke not of him: I’le ſend for him to my lodging, and haue him blanketted when thou wilt, man.
Wee'll haue our men blanket 'hem i' the hall.
4
To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.
5
To nullify the impact of (someone or something).
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Idioms & Phrases
blanket term
A word or phrase that is used to describe multiple groups of related things.
on the wrong side of the blanket
Born illegitimately, outside of wedlock.
throw a wet blanket on
To discredit; to spoil or disparage.
“Supplies have risen dramatically as a result of that higher acreage but demand has stayed sluggish,” said Michael Magdovitz, senior commodity analyst at Rabobank. This had thrown
put a blanket over
Make (something) seem less serious.
It is like bro you might as well just say what you're trying to say because what you're saying is still offensive. You're just trying to put, like, some blanket over.
Example Bank
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The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.
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The little boys in the front bedroom had thrown off their blankets and lay under the sheets.
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The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.
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Another observer offered a less blanket criticism.
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Some others appear to be adopting a more blanket approach
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Disenchanted with socialism, they unleashed free enterprise (or tried to) and backed it up with a more-or-less blanket endorsement of the old ways.
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