adidas
/ˈædiˌdæs/
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South Asia/əɖɪˈɖɑs/
adidas noun: chicken feet, skewered and grilled, sold as street food.
Noun (1)
adidas (uncountable)
- chicken feet, skewered and grilled, sold as street food
- Andrej Rossi. Adidas : Grilled chicken feet skewers , marinated and cooked to perfection . Tapsilog : A budget - friendly meal consisting of tapa ( marinated beef ) , sinangag ( garlic fried rice ) , and itlog ( fried egg ) . Balut : A[…]2023 November 20, Andrej Rossi, Philippines Travel Guide, via tolino media, →ISBN
- ... Adidas barbecue (chicken feet), roasted peanuts, boiled or roasted corn on the cob, balut (boiled duck egg), sago gulaman (tapioca pearls), fish balls, and fresh fruit and vegetables. A risk associated with street foods is the[…]2021 February 15, Mary Anne Alabanza Akers, Urban Environments and Health in the Philippines: A Retrospective on Women Street Vendors and their Spaces, Routledge, →ISBN
Noun (2) capitalized: Adidas
Adidas (plural Adidas or Adidases)
- A clothing product made by Adidas, especially a pair of shoes.
- My Adidas and me close as can be / We make a mean team, my Adidas and me / We get around together, we're down forever1986, “My Adidas”, in Raising Hell, performed by Run-DMC
- […]I walked through the door and Jeremy had hung himself from the rafters. A stepladder was kicked over and his Adidas dangled right above my eye level.1986, Chris Crutcher, Stotan!, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 98
adidas meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
adidas in Hindi
- एडिडास, एडिडस
adidas in Tamil
- அடிடாஸ், அடிடஸ், அடிடாசு
adidas in Marathi
- एडिडास, अॅडिडास, ऍडिडास
adidas in Urdu
- اڈیڈاس, ایڈیڈاس, اڈیڈس
More languagesFewer languages
- adidas in Bengali
- অ্যাডিডাস, এডিডাস
- adidas in Telugu
- అడిడాస్, ఆడిడాస్, అడిడస్
- adidas in Malayalam
- അഡിഡാസ്, അഡിഡസ്, അഡീഡസ്
- adidas in Kannada
- ಅಡಿಡಾಸ್, ಅಡೀಡಸ್, ಆಡಿಡಾಸ್
- adidas in Punjabi
- ਐਡੀਡਾਸ, ਐਡੀਦਾਸ
- adidas in Gujarati
- એડિડાસ, એડીડાસ
- adidas in Odia
- ଏଡିଡାସ, ଏଡିଡାସ୍, ଅଡିଡାସ୍
- adidas in Nepali
- एडिडास, एडिडस
Examples of adidas in a sentence
- ... given special or funny names in the 1980s, like Betamax (chicken-blood cake), Walkman (grilled pork ears), Adidas (chicken feet), and pope's nose (chicken butts).2018 November 13, Nicole Ponseca, Miguel Trinidad, I Am a Filipino: And This Is How We Cook, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
- ... adidas for grilled chicken feet, and walkman for barbecued pig ears.2016 April 13, Patricia Haseltine, Sheng-mei Ma, Doing English in Asia: Global Literature and Culture, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 44:
- Adidas” (grilled chicken feet) and “Walkman” (grilled pig ears). (For a full guide to Filipino street food, see[…]2015 December 22, Steven Raichlen, Planet Barbecue!: 309 Recipes, 60 Countries, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
- Highlights include deep-fried fishballs and squidballs (mashed fish or squid blended with wheat flour), grilled pig intestines and adidas – chicken's feet, named after the sports-shoe manufacturer.2013 October 10, David Dalton, Stephen Keeling, The Rough Guide to the Philippines, Rough Guides UK, →ISBN:
Forms of adidas
| plural | Adidas |
|---|---|
| plural | Adidases |
Origin of adidas
Genericized trademark from the German company name, Adidas. The sense is most likely due to the association made with chicken feet and Adidas shoes. Compare Cebuano adidas and Tagalog adidas.
From the German company name Adidas, after its founder, Adolf “Adi” Dassler.
Questions about adidas
- What does adidas mean?
- Adidas means chicken feet, skewered and grilled, sold as street food.
- What is adidas in Hindi?
- Adidas in Hindi is एडिडास, एडिडस. See Adidas meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use adidas in a sentence?
- ... given special or funny names in the 1980s, like Betamax (chicken-blood cake), Walkman (grilled pork ears), Adidas (chicken feet), and pope's nose (chicken butts).
- What part of speech is adidas?
- Adidas is a noun.
- How do you pronounce adidas?
- Adidas is pronounced /ˈædiˌdæs/.
- What is the plural of adidas?
- The plural of adidas is Adidas.
Words near adidas in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: adidas (page history and authors); Adidas (page history and authors); adidas (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adidas (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adidas (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adidas (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adidas (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adidas (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adidas (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adidas (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adidas (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adidas (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adidas (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adidas (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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