shvitz

American  

[shvits] / ʃvɪts /

noun

• schvitzes
  plural

1. (in Yiddish) a steam bath, especially in a traditional eastern European style.

2. (in Yiddish) sweat.

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verb (used without object)

shvitzed, shvitzing

1. (in Yiddish) to take a steam bath, especially in a traditional eastern European style.

2. (in Yiddish) to sweat.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• schvitzes
  plural

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

shvitz shvitzing

It’s lovely to go and jacuzzi and shvitz, have some Korean food, be in the community and connect with my sister, mom and kiddo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023

Ms. McSweeney, 39, a star of the latter seasons of “The Real Housewives of New York City,” has been a regular patron for nearly a decade, enjoying the sauna, the shvitz, the treatments.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2022

After a 10-minute warm-up, she entered the shvitz, a wet sauna, deserted except for a middle-age man, his skin the pink of a cooked lobster.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2022

It has also preserved, at least half the time, something of the old world of the shvitz.

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2016

And so which weeks are actually hotter will remain a secret of the shvitz.

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2016

With intense heat pummeling many parts of the world this summer, I tracked down Ed Ballard, who covers climate change and the energy transition, shvitzing in the U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

And the highs in the mid-60s will leave you shvitzing under your raincoat.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2017