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schwitz

schwitz is the alternative spelling of shvitz.

Meaning of shvitz

Noun

shvitz (countable and uncountable, plural shvitzes)

  1. Sweat.
  2. A traditional Jewish steambath of Eastern European origin.
    • It was not, or not only, the heat and ripeness of the shvitz that were making Litvak’s pulse thrum and his head spin.2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 343
  3. (broadly) A sauna or sauna session.
    • “Hey, hey, Jimmy Brogan. Thanks for meeting me.” “Welcome to the schvitz, kid. The most comfortable place on Earth. It's like crawling back into your mother.” “Is that something people wanna do?”2013 November 12, Gabe Liedman, “Old School” (15:48 from the start), in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Jimmy Brogan (Stacy Keach)

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Forms of schwitz

Noun
pluralschwitzes
Verb
third-person singular presentschwitzes
present participleschwitzing
past participleschwitzed
pastschwitzed

Questions about schwitz

What is schwitz the alternative spelling of?
Schwitz is the alternative spelling of shvitz.

Words near schwitz in the dictionary

  1. Schwinn
  2. Schwinns
  3. schwis
  4. Schwitalla
  5. Schwitallas
  6. schwitz
  7. schwitzed
  8. schwitzes
  9. schwitzing
  10. Schwoerer
  11. Schwoerers

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