Gatorade

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/ˈɡeɪtəɹeɪd/

noun

A sports drink sold by The Gatorade Company.

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

nounGatorade (countable and uncountable, plural Gatorades)

plural Gatorades

  1. countableuncountableA 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
    3 more examples

    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

    I like to say it's Gatorade for the soul.” Phoebe turned to Lucy.

    2010, Anne Canadeo, A Stitch Before Dying, →ISBN, page 50
  2. broadlycountableuncountableAny sports drink resembling or based on Gatorade.

    Well, there's water, and then there's quarter-waters. Ghetto Gatorade.

    2011, Patrice Evans, Negropedia, →ISBN
    4 more examples

    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

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

present singular third person Gatorades · participle present Gatorading · participle past Gatoraded · past Gatoraded

  1. informaltransitiveTo serve a Gatorade to.

    2010, "Fly", season 3, episode 10 of Breaking Bad 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.

  2. informaltransitiveTo give someone a Gatorade shower.

Origin

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

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APA

Gatorade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gatorade

MLA

“Gatorade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gatorade. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gatorade,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gatorade.

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