pregame

[ pree-geym ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

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

, pre·gamed, pre·gam·ing.

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

Origin of pregame¹

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

The Orioles didn't press, partly because they've come to believe that pregame excuses are essential to Palmer.

The Haka, a traditional Maori dance, is best known as the pregame ritual of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team.

The student-run pregame campsite, Paternoville, is now simply calling itself “Nittanyville.”

The endgame of the war was even more poorly played than the pregame.

A pregame rally south of the Washington Monument featured drum circles and papier maché puppets.

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