Meanings
nounschvitz (countable and uncountable, plural schvitzes)
plural schvitzes
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of shvitz.
“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)
verbschvitz (third-person singular simple present schvitzes, present participle schvitzing, simple past and past participle schvitzed)
present singular third person schvitzes · participle present schvitzing · participle past schvitzed · past schvitzed
- alternativeAlternative spelling of shvitz.
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APA
schvitz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schvitz
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“schvitz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schvitz. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schvitz,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schvitz.
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