sweats

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swɛts/
• Rhymes: -ɛts

Noun

sweats

1. plural of sweat

Noun

sweats pl (plural only)

1. (informal) A sweatsuit.
2. (informal) Any illness causing copious perspiration.

   I have a bad case of the sweats. Do you think it's the flu?

3. (informal) Nervousness.
   • 1989 March 30, “Racism Becoming Expensive Hobby”, in Tri City Herald, Pasco, WA:

     Any law-abiding person gets stomach butterflies when pulled over for running a yellow light And going to traffic court can bring on a case of the sweats.

Derived terms

• meat sweats
• night sweats

Verb

sweats

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sweat

Anagrams

• Weasts, saw set, sawest, sawset, tawses, wastes

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

sweats m

1. plural of sweat