sweatdrop
verbEtymology From sweat + drop.
1
To show a stylized bead of sweat at the forehead, indicating embarrassment, exasperation, etc.
Of a character in anime or manga
sweatdrop
nounEtymology From sweat + drop.
1
A drop of sweat.
- What felt like a fly crawling down my cheek was a solitary sweatdrop.1944, Arnold Gingrich, Coronet:
- A sweatdrop plopped to the floor. "Can't have men in our Army afraid to show their equipment, can we? No, of course not!"1980, Daniel Curzon, The Misadventures of Tim McPicks:
- Related terms
- plewd