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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Sweating The Action as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
Sweating the action is a term that refers to a gambler with a lot of money at stake who is nervous about losing and is hanging off of every play. That gambler is probably sweating with fear of a loss, and so he or she is said to be sweating the action. Sweating the action could also refer to the general gambling of the crowd on the billiard action at a tournament or other venue.
If you are going to back any of these guys you are going to need to stay calm. I don't want to be hanging out with you watching the tournament if you are going to be sweating the action all night.
The girls were sweating the action all over the room.
The term "sweating the action" is considered to be a slang term related to gambling and betting. The sweating the action definition was entered on 4/13/2006 and was updated on 10/24/2007 9:50:00 AM. It is a cue sport term that is related to gambling and betting. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: sweater, sweat, backer, stakehorse for more on the meaning of sweating the action.
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