Gator is a slang word for

alligator An alligator is a large reptile in the Crocodilia order in the genus ''Alligator'' of the family Alligatoridae. The two extant species are the American alligator (''A. mississippiensis'') and the Chinese alligator (''A. sinensis''). Additiona ...

. Gator may also refer to:

People nicknamed Gator

Mike Greenwell Michael Lewis Greenwell (born July 18, 1963) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played his entire MLB career with the Boston Red Sox (1985–1996). He played a few games for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan (1997), before retir ...

(born 1963), American Major League Baseball player nicknamed "The Gator" *

Ron Guidry Ronald Ames Guidry (; born August 28, 1950), nicknamed "Louisiana Lightning" and "Gator", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees. Guidry was also the pitch ...

(born 1950), former Major League Baseball pitcher * Gator Hoskins (born 1991), American former football player *

Willis Jackson (saxophonist) Willis "Gator" Jackson (April 25, 1928 – October 25, 1987) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography Born in Miami, Florida, and educated at the University of Miami, Jackson joined Cootie Williams's band in 1948 as a teenager, and was ...

(1932-1987), American jazz saxophonist *

Mark Rogowski Mark Anthony "Gator" Rogowski (born August 10, 1966) is an American former professional skateboarder who was convicted of murder. He was mainly prominent in the 1980s and early 1990s. Rogowski's career ended when he pled guilty for assaulting, ...

(born 1966), professional skateboarder convicted for a 1991 murder

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

*Gator, a recurring character in ''Thomas & Friends'' *

Gabby Gator Gabby Gator is an animated cartoon character, an anthropomorphic alligator who appeared in several cartoons produced by Walter Lantz and distributed by Universal Pictures. Gabby lives in old lair in the Okiedokie Swamp, which is a play on Lake O ...

, an animated cartoon character, foe of Woody Woodpecker *Wally Gator, the titular character of "

Wally Gator Wally may refer to: Music * Wally (band), British prog rock band ** ''Wally'' (album), a 1974 album by Wally * ''La Wally'', an opera by Alfredo Catalani Other uses *Wally (given name), a list of people and fictional characters *WALLY, a propose ...

", 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 KNGT (99.5 FM, "Gator 99.5") is a radio station licensed to Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States, broadcasting a country music format. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media. The station is home to Mike Soileau and Chad Austin in th ...

, a radio station branded "Gator 99.5", licensed to Lake Charles, Louisiana

Military

* AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (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 The GATOR mine system is a United States military system of air-dropped anti-tank and anti-personnel mines developed in the 1980s to be compatible with existing cluster dispensers. It is used with two dispenser systems—the Navy CBU-78/B and th ...

, 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 This is a list of the more common English volleyball jargon terms: Common terms *Ace: A serve which lands in the opponent's court without being touched, or is touched but unable to be kept in play by one or more receiving team players. *Assist: ...

*Gators, the athletics teams of

St. Amant High School St. Amant High School is a high school located in unincorporated Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States, in the Census-designated place of St. Amant. It is within the Ascension Parish School Board, currently one four high schools operated by ...

, 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 Donald A. Wilson Secondary School is a high school located in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 2004, the school hosts students in grades 9-12 and offers a wide range of academic and extra-curricular activities. The school mascot is an alligator ...

, Whitby, Ontario, Canada *Gators, the athletics teams of

Lakeshore Catholic High School Lakeshore Catholic High School is a high school located in Port Colborne, just north of the eastern edge of Lake Erie, in Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Niagara Catholic District School Board, and competes with students from communities in Fo ...

, Port Colborne, Ontario *Gators, the athletics teams of

Crystal Lake South High School Crystal Lake South High School, often referred to as "South" or "CLS," is one of three high schools in Crystal Lake, Illinois, and currently has a body of roughly 1916 students. As Crystal Lake's second oldest school, it was constructed from 1976 ...

, 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 San Francisco State Gators are the athletic teams that compete at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California. The nickname applies to the college's intercollegiate NCAA Division II teams. The nickname was published in the stud ...

, the athletics teams of San Francisco State University *

Wuhan Gators The Wuhan Gators are a professional arena football team based in Wuhan, Hubei. They are members of the China Arena Football League (CAFL). They were originally called the Shenzhen Naja and were based in Shenzhen, Guangdong. They were named after ...

, 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 or Gator AdServ, a piece of adware or spyware *

John Deere Gator The John Deere Gator is a family of small all-terrain utility vehicles produced by the John Deere Corporation. Gators typically feature a box bed, similar in function to a pickup truck. The bed can also be installed as an electric dump body. Th ...

, a small utility vehicle