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sweatdrop

noun

Etymology

From sweat + drop.

  1. derived from *dʰrebʰ-✻ — “to drip, drop”
  2. inherited from *drupô✻ — “drop (of liquid)”
  3. inherited from *dropō✻ — “drop (of liquid)”
  4. inherited from dropa — “a drop”
  5. inherited from drope — “small quantity of liquid; small or least amount of something; pendant jewel; dripping of a liquid; a shower; nasal flow, catarrh; speck, spot; blemish; disease causing spots on the skin”
  6. inherited from droppe
  7. compounded as sweatdrop — “sweat + drop”

Definitions

  1. A drop of sweat.

    • What felt like a fly crawling down my cheek was a solitary sweatdrop.
    • A sweatdrop plopped to the floor. "Can't have men in our Army afraid to show their equipment, can we? No, of course not!"

  2. To show a stylized bead of sweat at the forehead, indicating embarrassment, exasperation,…

    To show a stylized bead of sweat at the forehead, indicating embarrassment, exasperation, etc.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA