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sweats

nounnounverbattested in dialogue

  • //swɛts//

A full sweatsuit; typically refers to casual, comfortable clothing; a set consisting of a sweatshirt and sweatpants, often worn for exercise or lounging.

noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of sweatplural of sweat

noun

  1. 1

    informalA full sweatsuit; typically refers to casual, comfortable clothing; a set consisting of a sweatshirt and sweatpants, often worn for exercise or lounging.

  2. 2

    informalA full sweatsuit; typically refers to casual, comfortable clothing; a set consisting of a sweatshirt and sweatpants, often worn for exercise or lounging. Sweatpants.

  3. 3

    informalAny illness causing copious perspiration.

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

  4. 4

    informalNervousness.

    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.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of sweatthird-person singular simple present indicative of sweat

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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