noun
Adidas
A-dee-das
noun
1
Clothing or footwear made by the Adidas brand, especially trainers.
"He turned up to training in a fresh pair of Adidas."
"She's worn nothing but Adidas since she was a teenager."
2
Slang for grilled chicken feet on a skewer, sold as street food in parts of Africa.
"Street vendors sold adidas alongside grilled maize."
How to Use Adidas
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishCasually used to mean shoes or clothing from the Adidas brand, or, in some African slang, grilled chicken feet (a joking nod to the shape resembling a three-stripe logo).
When to use it
Informal; the chicken-feet sense is regional slang, mainly heard in parts of Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Word Forms
Adidas plural, Adidases plural
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Etymology
From the German sportswear company Adidas, named after its founder Adolf "Adi" Dassler.