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Gatorade

/ˈɡeɪtəɹeɪd/

Gatorade noun: a sports drink sold by The Gatorade Company.

Noun

Gatorade (countable and uncountable, plural Gatorades)

  1. A sports drink sold by The Gatorade Company.
    • While Brown distracted the usually hyperfocused Mangini, safety Kerry Rhodes and linebackers Eric Barton and Jonathan Vilma grabbed a cooler of Gatorade and surreptitiously assumed their positions according to plan.2007 January 1, Karen Crouse, “With Wild-Card Spot Clinched, Jets Can Finally Talk Playoffs”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021
    • I may also recommend that they take Peltier Electrolytes from Crayhon Research, which is kind of like glorified Gatorade, but which works well to replenish some of the cell's missing elements.2009, Connie Strasheim, Insights Into Lyme Disease Treatment, →ISBN
  2. (broadly) Any sports drink resembling or based on Gatorade.
    • The beverage selection is a unique feature of Ole Cafe, with a variety of canned gatorades, assorted fruit drinks and "slushies" on the line.1990, School Foodservice Journal - Volume 44, page 48
    • We figure that we save nearly $200 a year in mixing our own Gatorade,” she boasts.2001, Mary Hance, Ms. Cheap's Guide to Getting More for Less, →ISBN

Verb

Gatorade (third-person singular simple present Gatorades, present participle Gatorading, simple past and past participle Gatoraded)

  1. (informal, transitive) To serve a Gatorade to.
    • Jesse: Yo, if this is supposed to be all like, major league and all, we should have equipment maintainer guys. And water boys, you know? "Yo, Gatorade me, bitch!" Get us a couple of flunkies in here. Treat us right.2010, "Fly", season 3, episode 10 of Breaking Bad
  2. (informal, transitive) To give someone a Gatorade shower.

Examples of Gatorade in a sentence

  • I like to say it's Gatorade for the soul.” Phoebe turned to Lucy.2010, Anne Canadeo, A Stitch Before Dying, →ISBN, page 50:
  • I've got a thirst, baby, and you smell like my Gatorade.2013, Greg Figueroa, Emily Feliciano, Pick-up Line Comebacks For Women, page 4:
  • I had lots of homemade Gatorade, two big burgers and a few minutes later I was cruising like the machine again.2002, Ronald J. Mikos, Dragon's Breath, →ISBN:
  • Add a splash of lemon or lime and a hefty pinch of a high quality sea salt and you've just created a homemade Gatorade without all the extra sugars, neon colors, or added ingredients.2011, Suzanne Boothby, The After Cancer Diet: How To Live Healthier Than Ever Before, →ISBN:

Forms of Gatorade

Noun
pluralGatorades
Verb
third-person singular presentGatorades
present participleGatorading
past participleGatoraded
pastGatoraded

Origin of Gatorade

From gator + -ade; the drink was created at the request of Florida Gators football head coach Ray Graves.

Questions about Gatorade

What does Gatorade mean?
Gatorade means a sports drink sold by The Gatorade Company.
How do you use Gatorade in a sentence?
I like to say it's Gatorade for the soul.” Phoebe turned to Lucy.
What part of speech is Gatorade?
Gatorade can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce Gatorade?
Gatorade is pronounced /ˈɡeɪtəɹeɪd/.
What is the plural of Gatorade?
The plural of Gatorade is Gatorades.

Words near Gatorade in the dictionary

  1. gato
  2. gatophobia
  3. gator
  4. gator gar
  5. gator gars
  6. Gatorade
  7. Gatoraded
  8. Gatorades
  9. Gatorading
  10. gatorboard
  11. Gatorfoam

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