PREGAME Definition & Meaning

pregame

[ pree-geym ]

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adjective

of, relating to, or happening in the period just before a sports game:
The coach was interviewed in a pregame broadcast.
noting or relating to the consumption of liquor before attending a party or other event:
pregame drinking.

noun

an event or broadcast relating to and occurring just before a sports game:
Thirty people attended the pregame.

verb (used with or without object)

pregamed, pregaming.

to drink liquor before going to (a party, game, or other event):
We pregamed at my house to save some money.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of pregame¹

First recorded in 1910–15; pre- + game ¹

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For the first time, he got to go on the attack — as Roberts had hoped he would pregame — and use his wicked splitter as the putaway weapon it’s intended to be.

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Patrick O’Neal, who hosts the “LA Kings Live” pregame and postgame shows on FanDuel West, likes Special K. Simple but elegant.

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Throughout spring training and the opening week of the season, he still required close to an hour daily pregame treatment.

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Despite that, he went through two days of routine pregame work this week, while missing all three games against the Atlanta Braves.

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The new players were present for the nightly pregame ceremonies honoring last year’s World Series.

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