cold sweat

1. 1.

   the physical condition of concurrent perspiration and chill; associated with fear

   Broaderphysical condition

   Part offear

Questions about cold sweat

What does cold sweat mean?

cold sweat means "the physical condition of concurrent perspiration and chill; associated with fear".

Is cold sweat a common word?

cold sweat is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.