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flop sweats

flop sweats is the plural of flop sweat.

Meaning of flop sweat

Noun

flop sweat (usually uncountable, plural flop sweats)

  1. (slang, usually) Sweat due to nervousness, especially fear of failure.
    • Billy Vine, covered with flop sweat, started so-so, but in a few minutes he had them.15 March 1947, Bill Smith, "Night Club Reviews", Billboard page 36
  2. (slang, usually) Panic or anxiety about possible failure.
    • This is the point very often where panic sets in. In theatre jargon, we call it "flop sweat."1979, Ken Waissman, Maxine Fox, “Broadway: A sound heard around the world”, in Beyond Media, →ISBN, page 264

Questions about flop sweats

What is flop sweats the plural of?
Flop sweats is the plural of flop sweat.

Words near flop sweats in the dictionary

  1. flop era
  2. flop eras
  3. flop for
  4. flop style
  5. flop sweat
  6. flop sweats
  7. flop tube
  8. flop tubes
  9. flop-eared
  10. flop-house
  11. flop-houses

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