Gator

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Distinguish from "gaiter", which is a garment for the legs.

Gator is often used as an aphaeresis of the word "alligator".

Gator may refer to:

• Gator (film), a 1976 action movie starring and directed by Burt Reynolds
• Gator (pool game), a swimming pool game
• Gatorade, a popular brand of sports drink
• John Deere Gator, a small utility vehicle manufactured by Deere & Company
• Claria Corporation, formerly Gator Corporation, an Internet advertising company known for its Gator adwares.
• G/ATOR, or Ground Air Task Oriented Radar, a radar system in development by the United States Marine Corps.
• Amphibious warfare ships, popularly known as "gators" or "gator freighters".
• Wally Gator, cartoon by Hanna-Barbera

In sports:

• Florida Gators, of the University of Florida at Gainesville
• San Francisco State University teams
• Gator, a defensive technique in volleyball popularized by Danny Kinda (See: Volleyball jargon)

As a pseudonym:

• Mike Greenwell, baseball player, left fielder with the Boston Red Sox from 1985 to 1996
• Ron Guidry, baseball player, pitcher with the New York Yankees from 1975 to 1988
• Mark Rogowski, professional skateboarder, convicted for a 1991 murder

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