1. sweats - Noun
2. sweats - Verb
sweats
plural of sweat
(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.
sweats
third-person singular simple present indicative of sweat
And the wild regrets and the bloody sweats None knew so well as I That he who lives more lives than one, More deaths than one shall die. Oscar Wilde
A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting... Thus a man of knowledge sweats and puffs and if one looks at him he is just like an ordinary man, except that the folly of his life is under his control. Carlos Castaneda
For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it. Frank Gehry
The coward sweats in water. Ethiopian Proverb
If someone sweats for you, you change his shirt. Haitian Proverb
The donkey sweats so the horse can be decorated with lace. Haitian Proverb