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English Wikipedia has an article on:GatoradeWikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪtəɹeɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

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Gatorade (countable and uncountable, plural Gatorades)

1. A sports drink sold by The Gatorade Company.
   • 2007 January 1, Karen Crouse, “With Wild-Card Spot Clinched, Jets Can Finally Talk Playoffs”, in The New York Times‎[1]: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.
   • 2009, Connie Strasheim, Insights Into Lyme Disease Treatment, →ISBN: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.
   • 2010, Anne Canadeo, A Stitch Before Dying, →ISBN, page 50:I like to say it's Gatorade for the soul.” Phoebe turned to Lucy.
   • 2013, Greg Figueroa, Emily Feliciano, Pick-up Line Comebacks For Women, page 4:I've got a thirst, baby, and you smell like my Gatorade.
2. (by extension) Any sports drink resembling or based on Gatorade.
   • 1990, School Foodservice Journal - Volume 44, page 48:The beverage selection is a unique feature of Ole Cafe, with a variety of canned gatorades, assorted fruit drinks and "slushies" on the line.
   • 2001, Mary Hance, Ms. Cheap's Guide to Getting More for Less, →ISBN:We figure that we save nearly $200 a year in mixing our own Gatorade,” she boasts.
   • 2002, Ronald J. Mikos, Dragon's Breath, →ISBN:I had lots of homemade Gatorade, two big burgers and a few minutes later I was cruising like the machine again.
   • 2011, Suzanne Boothby, The After Cancer Diet: How To Live Healthier Than Ever Before, →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, Patrice Evans, Negropedia, →ISBN:Well, there's water, and then there's quarter-waters. Ghetto Gatorade.

Verb

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

1. (transitive, informal) To 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. (transitive, informal) To give someone a Gatorade shower.

Anagrams

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• adrogate

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