Mountain Dew

See also: mountain dew

English

Alternative forms

• (2008 rebranding) Mtn Dew

Etymology

From mountain dew (“illegally distilled whiskey”).

Noun

Mountain Dew (countable and uncountable, plural Mountain Dews)

1. A brand of citrus-flavored, carbonated, heavily caffeinated beverage.
   • 2003, Mat Hoffman with Mark Lewman, The Ride of My Life, page 33:

     In 1985 a Mountain Dew commercial started popping up on TV ....

   • 2004, Joanne Raetz Stuttgen, Cafe Wisconsin: A Guide to Wisconsin's Down-Home Cafes, page 210:

     It has become a signature of the Koffee Kup, as much as the flower boxes filled with geraniums and the classic Mountain Dew sign hanging off the front of the building

   • 2007, Bill Brioux, Truth and Rumors: The Reality Behind TV's Most Famous Myths, page 57:

     The thing is, Rob Harris did die, he died shooting a Mountain Dew ad