Definitions for wetback

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wetback wet·back

Spelling: [wet-bak]

IPA: /ˈwɛtˌbæk/

Wetback is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in wetback (abcektw).

Definitions for wetback

noun

1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Mexican laborer who enters the U.S. illegally, as by wading the Rio Grande.

Origin of wetback

An Americanism dating back to 1945-50; wet + back¹