sweatball

plural sweatballs · alternative sweat ball

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. broadlyA 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. broadlyA 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