Gatorade en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡeɪtəɹeɪd/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From gator + -ade; the drink was created at the request of Florida Gators football head coach Ray Graves.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A sports drink sold by The Gatorade Company.
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 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:I like to say it's Gatorade for the soul.” Phoebe turned to Lucy.
2010, Anne Canadeo, A Stitch Before Dying, →ISBN, page 50: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:
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(broadly, countable, uncountable) 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: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: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: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:Well, there's water, and then there's quarter-waters. Ghetto Gatorade.
2011, Patrice Evans, Negropedia, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatorades | Number=Plur | lexicographic |