"wet play" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wet plays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wet play (countable and uncountable, plural wet plays)
  1. (UK, education, uncountable) Structured play activities for young schoolchildren during inclement weather. Tags: UK, uncountable Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-wet_play-en-noun-OmUxq7Ea Categories (other): British English Topics: education
  2. (geology, countable) A natural gas formation containing wet gas, meaning it has sizable amounts of liquid alkanes. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-wet_play-en-noun-0T2RQglU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 54 28 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  3. (sexuality) Sexual activity involving liquids; either urolagnia or sploshing (wet and messy fetishism). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sexuality, Paraphilias
    Sense id: en-wet_play-en-noun-~0aVaMZ3 Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 10 27 63 Topics: lifestyle, sexuality

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