sweatball

Noun

sweatball (plural sweatballs)

1. A sweatdrop.
   • I walked to the front, feeling a sweatball roll down my back, paused, and began.2007, Nancy Osa, Cuba 15, page 133
2. (broadly) A momentarily sweaty person.
   • I tried to give Heather a celebratory hug but she quickly wriggled out of my embrace.
     'get away, sweatball,' she said, with an attempt at a laugh.2001, John Harrison, Off the Map: The Call of the Amazonian Wild, page 271
3. (broadly) A person with a tendency to sweat quickly.
   • I'm a sweatball too.
     A couple general notes on sweating.
     I believe it is true that /generally/ speaking,
     men do tend to sweat more than women.1998 June 3, jwn...@alw.nih.gov, “I'm a sweatball”, in rec.running (Usenet)
4. A small particle of sweat and grime.
   • He peeled his work gloves and rubbed his hands compulsively until tiny black sweatballs of grime dropped away like scattered grains of pepper.2010, Stephen Jones, The Dead That Walk: Zombie Stories, page 128