sweats
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swɛts/
- Rhymes: -ɛts
Noun
sweats pl (plural only)
- (informal) A sweatsuit.
- (informal) Any illness causing copious perspiration.
- I have a bad case of the sweats. Do you think it's the flu?
- (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.
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