mulligan
An unpenalized chance to re-take a stroke that went awryAn unpenalized chance to re-take a stroke that went awry.
» Mulligan says he'll sleep easy until the fight.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)An unpenalized chance to re-take a stroke that went awry.
If you lose your drive in the water, take a mulligan and try again.
(countable, uncountable)An opportunity (sometimes penalized) for a player to reshuffle their cards and draw a new initial hand at the beginning of a game.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A second chance.
Don't do poorly in your first interview; you won't get a mulligan.
- Irish version of burgoo
Examples
6 sentencesMulligan says he'll sleep easy until the fight.
Mulligan has been riding high since he seized the crown in a come-from-behind victory 14 months ago.
By all accounts, Fr. Mulligan was a paragon of virtue.
Red Mulligan has announced that he'll fight Rocky Luciano next month.
He'd better watch out, or Mulligan is going to wipe the floor with him.
Origin
Attested since the 1930s in the sense “chance to re-take a golf stroke”; probably from theAttested since the 1930s in the sense “chance to re-take a golf stroke”; probably from the name Mulligan, after a golfer who replayed a stroke. See Wikipedia for more information.
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Forms
plural: mulligansSynonyms
2 synonyms- Irish version of burgoo:mulligan stewIrish burgoo
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.