DQ
Abbreviation with 2 meanings
| Stands for | Disqualified |
|---|---|
| Meanings | 2 |
| Categories | Sports, Organizations & Companies |
DQ has two meanings. It stands for Disqualified (other sports) or Dairy Queen (company and brand).
Meanings of DQ at a glance
| # | DQ stands for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disqualified | Sports › Other Sports |
| 2 | Dairy Queen | Organizations & Companies › Company and Brand |
1. Disqualified
Sports · Other Sports Abbreviations
Result code for an athlete or team removed from the results for breaking the rules, such as a false start, lane violation, illegal stroke or failed drug test. Swimming and skiing often write DSQ instead.
Example: The sprinter was DQ'd for a false start in the 100-meter final.
Ben Johnson's 1988 Olympic 100-meter title was stripped after a positive steroid test, one of the most famous disqualifications in sport. In boxing and MMA a fighter can lose by disqualification for repeated fouls. Used as a verb: "DQ'd" or "DQed".
2. Dairy Queen
Organizations & Companies · Company and Brand Abbreviations
American chain of soft-serve ice cream and fast-food restaurants famous for the Blizzard, with thousands of locations worldwide. Owned by Berkshire Hathaway since 1998.
Example: Let's get a DQ Blizzard after the game.
The first Dairy Queen opened in Joliet, Illinois, in 1940, using a soft-serve recipe developed by J. F. McCullough and his son. The Blizzard, introduced in 1985, is famously served upside down. The company is based in the Minneapolis area.
Related abbreviations
More other sports abbreviations
- DF – Double fault
- DNF – Did not finish
- DNQ – Did not qualify
- DNS – Did not start
- DRS – Decision Review System
- FIR – Fairways in regulation
- GC – General classification
- GIR – Greens in regulation
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