shvitz
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shvitz
- /ʃvɪts/
Rhymes with -ɪts
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn), from Old High German swizzen (Modern German schwitzen), from Proto-Germanic *swait- (English sweat), from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”). Doublet of sweat.
noun shvitzes · schvitz · schwitz
- Sweat. I know this is a very silly thing, but when you have a big ape getup on like Kevin, or even me under Brain Guy makeup, it gets shvitz-y in there very quickly.
- 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.
- 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?”
verb shvitzes · shvitzing · shvitzed · schvitz · schwitz
- To sweat. Soon, the '80s and '90s guy was finding drums to pound and sweat lodges in which to shvitz out rivulets of shame.
Talk about this word "shvitz." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shvitz. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. shvitz. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shvitz "shvitz." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shvitz.Cite this
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title = {shvitz},
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