DTs
noun /ˌdiː ˈtiːz/
/ˌdiː ˈtiːz/
(British English) (US English D.T.’s)
[plural]- a physical condition that affects people who regularly drink too much alcohol when they stop drinking alcohol for a while; they feel their body shaking and imagine that they are seeing things that are not really there (the abbreviation for ‘delirium tremens’) Word Originmid 19th cent.: abbreviation, originally in the singular form DT (now rare).