Gator is a slang word for alligator. Gator may also refer to:

People nicknamed Gator

* Mike Greenwell (born 1963), American Major League Baseball player nicknamed "The Gator" * Ron Guidry (born 1950), former Major League Baseball pitcher *

Gator Hoskins Harold "Gator" Hoskins (born December 19, 1991) is a former American football tight end who last played for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Marshall. High school and college Hoskins atten ...

(born 1991), American former football player * Willis Jackson (saxophonist) (1932-1987), American jazz saxophonist * Mark Rogowski (born 1966), professional skateboarder convicted for a 1991 murder

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

*Gator, a recurring character in ''Thomas & Friends'' * Gabby Gator, an animated cartoon character, foe of Woody Woodpecker *Wally Gator, the titular character of " Wally Gator", one of the segments from ''The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series''

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Gator'' (film), a 1976 action movie starring and directed by Burt Reynolds *

Gator (game) Water games are games played in a body of water, such as a swimming pool, pond, lake, or river. *Chicken fight - Two person teams: one team member sitting on the shoulders of his or her teammate or riding piggy-back. The object of the game is to kn ...

, a swimming pool game *"Gator", an instrumental track on the 1989 single "

Homely Girl "Homely Girl" is a song by American vocal group the Chi-Lites. Release in 1973, it reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, number three on the US Hot Soul Singles chart, and number 54 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. A cover by UB40 also b ...

" by UB40 * KNGT, a radio station branded "Gator 99.5", licensed to Lake Charles, Louisiana

Military

AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar The AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) is the United States Marine Corps next-generation Air Surveillance/Air Defense and Air Traffic Control (ATC) Radar. The mobile active electronically scanned array radar system is currently bein ...

(G/ATOR), a radar system in development by the United States Marine Corps *

Amphibious warfare ships An amphibious warfare ship (or amphib) is an amphibious vehicle warship employed to land and support ground forces, such as marines, on enemy territory during an amphibious assault. Specialized shipping can be divided into two types, most crud ...

, popularly known as "gators" or "gator freighters" *

Boeing T-43 The Boeing T-43 is a modified Boeing 737#737-200, Boeing 737-200 that was used by the United States Air Force for training navigators, now known as USAF combat systems officers, from 1973 to 2010. Informally referred to as the Gator (an abbrevi ...

, informally known as the Gator, modified Boeing 737 airplanes used for training navigators * GATOR mine system, an American system of air-dropped anti-tank and anti-personnel mines developed in the 1980s

Sports

*Gator, a defensive technique in volleyball popularized by Danny Kinda - see Volleyball jargon *Gators, the athletics teams of St. Amant High School, Ascension Parish, Louisiana *Gators, the athletics teams of

Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic, independent, college preparatory school, founded in 1923, in the Network of Sacred Heart schools for girls. The school offers grades 1-12 and a co-educational early childhood program. History ...

, a private school in Bethesda, Maryland *Gators, the athletics teams of

Chapin School Chapin School is an all-girls independent day school in New York City's Upper East Side neighborhood in Manhattan. History Maria Bowen Chapin opened "Miss Chapin's School for Girls and Kindergarten for Boys and Girls" in 1901. The school origin ...

, an all-girls day school in Manhattan, New York *Gators, the athletics teams of Donald A Wilson Secondary School, Whitby, Ontario, Canada *Gators, the athletics teams of Lakeshore Catholic High School, Port Colborne, Ontario *Gators, the athletics teams of Crystal Lake South High School, Illinois *

Florida Gators The Florida Gators are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Florida, located in Gainesville. The University of Florida, its athletic program, its alumni and its sports fans are often collectively referred to as t ...

, the University of Florida's athletic teams * San Francisco State Gators, the athletics teams of San Francisco State University * Wuhan Gators, a professional arena football team based in Wuhan, China

Other uses

Claria Corporation Claria Corporation (formerly Gator Corporation) was a software company based in Redwood City, California that invented “Behavioral Marketing”, a highly effective but controversial new form of online advertising. It was founded in 1998 by D ...

, formerly Gator Corporation, an Internet advertising company **

Gator Gator is a slang word for alligator. Gator may also refer to: People nicknamed Gator *Mike Greenwell (born 1963), American Major League Baseball player nicknamed "The Gator" *Ron Guidry (born 1950), former Major League Baseball pitcher *Gator H ...

or Gator AdServ, a piece of adware or spyware * John Deere Gator, a small utility vehicle