sweats

Noun

• garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt
• salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
• agitation resulting from active worry
• condensation of moisture on a cold surface
• use of physical or mental energy; hard work
• plural of sweat
• A sweatsuit.
• Any illness causing copious perspiration.
• Nervousness.

Verb

• excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
• third-person singular simple present indicative of sweat

Examples

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

Synonyms

effort, elbow grease, exertion, fret, lather, perspiration, perspire, stew, sudate, sudor, sweat, sweat suit, sweatsuit, swither, travail, workout suit