sweat-er / ˈswe-tər
noun a knitted garment, usually with long sleeves My mother, for as long as I could remember, made at least one sweater every month…She would give us each a hand-knit sweater every Christmas. Until she died, those zipper sweaters that I wore on the Neighborhood were all made by my mother. Fred Rogers, 1928-2003 a person that perspires He’s a sweater anyway, but he just turns to liquid under pressure. from ‘The Things a Brother Knows’ by Dana Reinhardt, 1971- adjective of or related to a knitted garment If you’re wearing a jacket, as I always am, the sweater vest always needs to be buttoned, with the exception of the bottom button. Tim Gunn, 1953-