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.

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of pregame¹

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

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Just two games into the 2025 playoffs, the free-reed musical instrument has become the Kings’ unofficial postseason good luck charm — thanks to some memorable pregame performances of “The Star-Spangled Banner” played by a group representing the Koreatown Senior and Community Center.

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Does that mean that local hockey fans haven’t seen the last of the Koreatown senior center players as part of the pregame festivities?

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Or, in the words of Tuesday’s pregame midcourt cheerleader Ric Flair.

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Redick looked as if he might stiffen under the postseason spotlight, the rookie coach uncharacteristically a man of few words and no smiles in his pregame news conference.

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Top ninth-inning alternative Blake Treinen was placed on the injured list pregame with forearm tightness.

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