schvitz

English

Noun

schvitz (countable and uncountable, plural schvitzes)

  1. Alternative spelling of shvitz.
    • 2013 November 12, Gabe Liedman, “Old School” (15:48 from the start), in Brooklyn Nine-Nine[1], season 1, episode 8, spoken by Jimmy Brogan (Stacy Keach):
      “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

schvitz (third-person singular simple present schvitzes, present participle schvitzing, simple past and past participle schvitzed)

  1. Alternative spelling of shvitz.