Meanings
- trademarkA brand of energy drinks, today associated with extreme sports, that is produced by the company Red Bull GmbH.
plural Red Bulls
- A serving of Red Bull.
May I have two Red Bulls please?
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You saw people on their own, drinking Red Bulls, and looking the same as me then the darkness came again after Sacaea sounded the ship horn.
1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage Press, →ISBN, page 214Just inside the stadium gate Monday, a young bleached-blond woman offered a drink: "Would you care for a Red Bull, sir?"
2007 October 24, Terry McDermott, Alex Pham, “A relief center to behold”, in Los Angeles Times, page A17It looks like Demi Moore might have had one too many Red Bulls judging by these pics of her at a fash bash in Miami.
2012 December 6, Matt Bagwell, “Demi Moore Parties With Lenny Kravitz And Stacy Keibler At Chanel BBQ (PICS)”, in The Huffington PostI snatch another Red Bull, tuck it under my arm, and take the full plate of home-cooked grilled chicken with all the sides. I head into my room, which is Angie's old office. I sit down on the hard chair surrounded by book-filled shelves. The words in them shame and mock me.
2016, Patrick Jones, To the Point, Darby Creek Publishing, →ISBN, page 16Doctors were unable to determine whether the Red Bull or her blood pressure medication caused it. "There's no way for them to know which one it was," she says. "They basically just told me, you know, 'Don’t drink no more Red Bulls,' and also they’re changing the blood pressure medicine that I'n on."
2025 May 7, Sabine Joseph, quoting Ellie (@its.me.ellieeee), “Woman drinks sugar-free Red Bull The Pink Edition for the first time. Then she looks at her lips”, in The Mary Sue
Origin
- Thaiกระทิงแดง
- EnglishRed Bull
Calque of Thai กระทิงแดง (krathing daeng, literally “red gaur”), the drink that inspired Red Bull.
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