whet

sharpen; make keen or more acute

Heard in 34 songs (54M+ combined views) — most famously in "$ave Dat Money" by Lil Dicky.

Updated August 21, 2026

Songs Featuring “whet”

Lil Dicky - $ave Dat Money

Time: 2:52

General Tso, half a dozen on the stick

Just so I can whet the appetite a bit

What you talkin' about?

Lil Dicky - $ave Dat Money

Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes [Kim's Version]

Time: 1:16

She'll let you take her home

It whets her appetite

She'll lay you on her throne

Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes [Kim's Version]

King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon

Time: 4:53

Heroes hands drain stones for blood

To whet the scaling knife

Magi blind with visions light

King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon

Lady Gaga - Kill For Love

Time: 0:56

I won't go home without a fight

Already whet my appetite

I'd kill for love, I'd kill for love (I'd kill for love, I'd kill for love)

Lady Gaga - Kill For Love

Exodus - Deathamphetamine

Time: 2:32

Another hit, for now revived

So many sleepless nights only whet your appetite

Strike a match, the torch ignites

Exodus - Deathamphetamine

Thirty Seconds to Mars - Buddha for Mary

Time: 1:35

Mary was a holy girl

Father whet her appetite

Mary was the type of girl

Thirty Seconds to Mars - Buddha for Mary

Hellyeah - Stand or Walk Away

Time: 1:33

From the exit of my soul

Don't know whether I should kill or cry,

Don't know if I should live or die,

Hellyeah - Stand or Walk Away

Taylor Swift - Bette Davis Eyes

Time: 2:08

She'll let you take her home

It whets her appetite

She'll lay you on the throne

Taylor Swift - Bette Davis Eyes

Heavy D & the Boyz - You Ain't Heard Nuttin Yet

Time: 2:40

The stage, and I won't let up, 'til y'all get up

Or respect whet we inject, so come correct

Heavy D's in effect (fect) - but you ain't heard nothin yet!

Heavy D & the Boyz - You Ain't Heard Nuttin Yet

Cedarmont Kids - There's A Hole In The Bucket

Time: 1:38

If the knife be too dull then, dear Liza, too dull

Whet the knife then, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry

Whet the knife then, dear Henry, dear Henry, the knife

Cedarmont Kids - There's A Hole In The Bucket

Liz Phair - H.W.C.

Time: 1:14

It's the fountain of youth, it's the meaning of life

So hot, so sweet, so whet my appetite

Gimme your hot white cum

Liz Phair - H.W.C.

Carcass - The Master Butcher's Apron

Time: 0:21

This deathless bloodshed

Of the whetted knives

For your sons you never wept

Carcass - The Master Butcher's Apron

Alice Cooper - Sick Things

Time: 0:48

You things are chilled with fright? for I am out tonight

You fill me with delight you whet my appetite

I eat my things, What love it brings

Alice Cooper - Sick Things

Thrice - Stand and Feel Your Worth

Time: 2:57

We will wield a second birth

Whet our wits and knives

Wrap our knees in earth

Thrice - Stand and Feel Your Worth

Anne Murray - Another Sleepless Night

Time: 0:50

Makin' love 'til the early morning light

Only whets our appetite

This will be another sleepless night.

Anne Murray - Another Sleepless Night

Cannibal Ox - Vein

Time: 0:34

Stereotypes and hatred

But I ain't going to whet that and get all stressed out

I'm just trying to make it and strive with my...

Cannibal Ox - Vein

Elton John - Burning Buildings

Time: 1:57

You use me under pressure

To whet your appetite

And lovers leap off burning buildings

Elton John - Burning Buildings

Dying Fetus - Parasites of Catastrophe

Time: 1:51

Nauseating expense, MINUSE, MANIPULATION

Profit without conscience, DISASTER WHETS THEIR APPETITE

Gross inflation of the contracts, COMMON VILE, PYRAMID SCAMS

Dying Fetus - Parasites of Catastrophe

Richard Thompson - Why Must I Plead

Time: 0:56

Oh mercy

Jealousy used to whet your appetite

Mercy

Richard Thompson - Why Must I Plead

David Byrne - Office Cowboy

Time: 2:33

Não e

It's just enough to whet my appetite

A hungry cowboy needs to take a bite

David Byrne - Office Cowboy

Frank Sinatra - The Girls I Never Kissed [Previously Unreleased Track]

Time: 0:40

And the scent of honey in the trees

Whets an old sweet tooth

The pretty girls go strolling by

Frank Sinatra - The Girls I Never Kissed [Previously Unreleased Track]

Thompson Twins - My Funky Valentine

Time: 0:30

It comes as no surprise when I look around and find

You have whet this appetite with such a rare delight

And now my firefly slides like a good time rhyme

Thompson Twins - My Funky Valentine

Kirsty MacColl - Autumngirlsoup

Time: 2:44

'Cause I need some love to heat my frozen bones

So give me something to whet my appetite

And chill my soul with a sudden lack of interest

Kirsty MacColl - Autumngirlsoup

Lisa Stansfield - I'm Leavin'

Time: 2:43

Thinking I'm coming back, Oh child please

I said I was leavin' I mean whet I say

There's no turning around I'm Ieavin' today

Lisa Stansfield - I'm Leavin'

Supertramp - It's Alright

Time: 1:01

I want you in my arms tonight

You know you whet my appetite

It might be wrong for us to care

Supertramp - It's Alright

Gallant - Fly On the Wall. [Osaka Version]

Time: 1:47

Guilt flutters by

I whet the conscience with a scotch over ice

This ain't the first time I've faltered, oh baby (uh)

Gallant - Fly On the Wall. [Osaka Version]

Harry Belafonte - Crawdad Song

Time: 1:56

Wonder what Satan's grumbling 'bout, oh baby

Wonder whet Satan's grumbling 'bout, oh babe

Wonder what Satan's grumbling 'bout

Harry Belafonte - Crawdad Song

Fiddler's Green - Jacobites

Time: 0:56

What makes heroic strife

To whet the assassin's knife

Or haunt a parent's life

Fiddler's Green - Jacobites

Torres - Collect

Time: 0:35

Don't sleep yet

My hunger's whet

I've laid the ground

Torres - Collect

Cassette Tape - Dear Diary

Time: 1:02

Say, I wanna let you occupy my heart

Wanna whet your appetite

I love you so and I can't let go

Cassette Tape - Dear Diary

Jonatha Brooke - It Matters Now

Time: 0:27

A perfect settled score

But it just whets your appetite for more

Listen how my heart beats inside me

Jonatha Brooke - It Matters Now

Hoodoo Gurus - Axegrinder

Time: 0:50

But is this some kind of publicity stunt?

So far you've whet my appetite

Do you wanna grind with me tonight?

Hoodoo Gurus - Axegrinder

Calvin Farside - Alissa's Song

Time: 3:43

Alissa

And whet if the whole thing just sounds absurd

And whet if the whole thing just sounds absurd

Calvin Farside - Alissa's Song

Belvebuth - LUST

Time: 1:29

Cadence of her flesh

Whets the appetite

No wrongs, no rights

Belvebuth - LUST