sweats

• IPA^(key): /swɛts/
• Rhymes: -ɛts

sweats

1. plural of sweat

sweats pl (plural only)

1. (informal) A full sweatsuit; typically refers to casual, comfortable clothing; a set consisting of a sweatshirt and sweatpants, often worn for exercise or lounging.
   1. (by extension) Sweatpants.

      Synonym: joggers

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.

The term sweats (sense 1) is frequently used to refer specifically just to sweatpants, without implying that a matching sweatshirt is also being worn.^[1]

• meat sweats
• night sweats

sweats

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sweat

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

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sweats m

1. plural of sweat