pregame

pregame

1. adjective Relating to the activities that precede the start of a sporting event. A six-hour pregame show is a bit excessive, isn't it? The pregame skate starts half an hour before game time.
2. verb, slang To drink alcohol before a social event, typically one where alcohol will also be consumed. Where can we pregame before the reception starts? We're trying to save money by pregaming before going to the bar.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • bulletproof
  • inside baseball
  • appropriate for
  • arsis
  • pearl-clutching
  • as (something) as the next man/woman/person
  • as as the next man
  • as good, well, etc. as the next person
  • as the next person
References in periodicals archive
American Legion baseball annually provides the inspiration for Maddon to ease off on the workload for his players by allowing them to show up later and cut back on pregame routines.
American Legion Week has Cubs feeling good
"All those incumbent advertisers that held those pregame and postgame positions forever, it's nice to have the ability to step in and create something for different advertisers in the space," says buyer Drinkwater, who notes Fox is also "trying something new" with unique commercial lengths and other innovations that her clients are taking advantage of.
Fox's Big Thursday Night Football Play
If you've got Eagle Fever, the Eagle Walk is the place to see and greet players pregame at USM.
THE FAN ZONE: For fans of college football, the game day experience begins long before kick off
If you turn the puck over, they're going to capitalize," Calgary winger Garnet Hathaway said pregame. "(It's) about puck management.
Hamilton lifts Flames past Wild in overtime
As part of his pregame ritual, NBA All-Star and Golden State Warrior Klay Thompson makes sure to sit down, relax and do one thing: read the print newspaper.
Teamwork: NBA Star Klay Thompson is named Bay Area News Group brand ambassador
SportsRadio 94WIP through this partnership will continue to broadcast all Eagles preseason, regular season and postseason games as well as pregame and postgame shows, every game day, the company said.
Entercom and Philadelphia Eagles declares extension of its partnership with SportsRadio 94.1
Through the fully integrated partnership, SportsRadio 94WIP will continue to broadcast all Eagles preseason, regular season and postseason games as well as pregame and postgame shows every game day.
Entercom, Philadelphia Eagles extend multi-platform partnership
Once again, Oregon's pregame football preparation includes watching the Air Quality Index.
Pac-12 monitoring fires in Bay Area
Read: (http://cms.ibtimes.com/twitter-partners-nfl-daily-nfl-show-pregame-video-coverage-2537684) Twitter Partners With NFL For Daily NFL Show, Pregame Video Coverage
Amazon Details How It'll Stream NFL Games For 2017-18 Season
The deal allows both KMEX and KFTR to air Rams pre-season games and their pregame shows through the 2018-19 season, with the majority of coverage on the UniMEis station.
Univision Scores Twice With NFL Deals
Robles' semifinal opponent, Doug Makey, also had a pregame strategy.
Trainers' magic helps Robles work his own
Comerica Bank has partnered with the Detroit Tigers on the Comerica Park perks program, which provides special benefits such as a VIP gate entrance at Comerica Park, VIP pregame parties, ticket giveaways and discounts for its bank customers, the company said.
Comerica Bank launches Comerica Park perks program
So the celebrations start bright and early at the Bluebell on May 7 - the day of the final game of the season - with a pregame breakfast and a beer.
Pub's backing Boro with party
During the pregame he and other supporters of All Lives Matter met with members of the Houston Texans along with many law enforcement officers.
All Lives Matter Joins NFL Fans on the Side Lines with Law Enforcement
The core contribution of the Wells report is a statistical analysis that appears to demonstrate that the Patriots balls exhibited a greater pressure decline between the pregame and halftime pressure measurements than the Colts balls.
On the Wells report