What does sweating mean in sports betting?

What does sweating mean in sports betting? All the fucking hard work I do, all the fucking ass-kicking and the dues I pay — you're not gonna score on the big ones? On Game 7? Fuck these people, right? That's how you feel. I know you do. So look — let's fucking bet on this. Going at this, going at that — what do you know? — I don't know. I just know. Well, I'll tell you what I know: that's the dumbest fucking bet I ever heard. — I disagree. That was Uncut Gems — Howard watching everything he has ride on a game he can't influence. That feeling is the sweat. Anxiously watching a game when you have money on it. In plain terms: sweating is the watch, not the bet — living every possession because your money lives there too. “Where's Joey Jacoby? I heard he's sweating half the board.” Let's use this example. Uncut Gems runs almost entirely on one man sweating a ticket: every rebound, every whistle, every timeout lands like a verdict. If you've ever watched a meaningless timeout like your rent depended on it, you've sweated a bet. Lines and prices can differ by sportsbook. Nothing here guarantees a result or tells you to bet. Lines move and books differ. Nothing here is a guarantee or a command to bet — it's how the number works.