Getting drunk or generally intoxicated before a party or social event regardless if there will be alcohol or other substances available at said event.
Dooder 1: Hay bro why you drinkin that nasty ass Icehouse?
Dooder 2: Just pregaming brah.
by dyrm February 9, 2004
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n. To drink before going to a party. This most often happens because they party where you are going to will be carding and you are under or because you want to drink something hard to start your night off. Often pregaming happens at the house and involves taking shots.
v. The act of partaking in a pregame.
1) We really need to pregame tonight before we go out.
2) I really pregamed heavily last night. I feel really sick now.
by herselfelf March 17, 2004
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Drinking that is done before going to an event where drinks that you will purchase are very expensive. Often occurring in vehicles and parking lots before the event while watching for the police.
I was pregaming before the Metallica concert and I don't remember anything.
by Pillsbury263 March 29, 2014
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Drinking prior to an event, usually a party, but often a college course or lecture.
In order to avoid the boredome of Prof. Nemitz's lecture again, we pregamed FME.
by CollegeBlows.com May 4, 2003
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Verb. To drink. Derived originally from tailgating before a sporting event such as a football game, it later became known as drinking before any gathering. It now refers simply to drinking, because any activity afterward is acceptable to drink for.
You: Dude, let's go out and shoot some pool.
Me: Naw I'm just gonna pregame and play some Nintendo, then go to bed.
You: What you pregaming for?
Me: Bed.
by Samson III October 17, 2005
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When one is to take a huge dump before playing in a sports event, to help run just a little faster and the prevention of blowing ass in one's face.
Such as basket ball, volley ball, etc.

1.) The Saints B-ball team went to take a pregamer, they'll be in there for awhile.
by Laurenzy Park April 10, 2008
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A word used by stupid sluts and frat guys to describe drinking before an event of any kind. This can include a funeral.
Duuuude, some of my boys are coming over later, so we should totally pregame.

Hehee. I was thinking we should pregame at your dorm before we go to my semi-formal!!!
by Mark Snicher April 6, 2005
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