Mulligan

Definition: Mulligan

Mulligan

Noun

1. Irish version of burgoo.

Date "mulligan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1901. (references)

Specialty Definition: Mulligan

Domain	Definition
Slang	Noun. Source: Probably derived from a past golfer by the name of Mulligan. Definition: Mulligan refers to "do over" in the game of golf. Context: If someone makes a bad shot, they can take another shot without any penalties. Social Source: Golfer. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Mulligan

Synonym: mulligan stew (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Mulligan

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

The Talking Cat Squeaky Mulligan (1947)

Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941)

Mike Mulligan and His Steamshovel (1991)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Mulligan

Domain	Title
Books	Mulligan Magic (reference) Mulligan Stew (reference) Mulligan Stew (Irish Eyes Romance) (reference) The Mulligan Affair: Top Cop on the Take (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Mike Mulligan & His Steam Shovel (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Lionel Sessions With Lionel Hampton Gerry Mulligan (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	MULLIGAN (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Wine Country Mulligan Golf Food Gift Pack (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Mulligan

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Photo Album: Mulligan

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Interior of the Grand Duke's Theater - The audience during the performance of the thrilling spectacle of the march of "The Mulligan Guards" / J. B. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: Mulligan

"Mulligan" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mulligan" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	29	64,444

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Mulligan

The following table summarizes the usage of "mulligan" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Mulligan	Last name	4,000	2,892
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Mulligan

Expression using "mulligan": mulligan stew. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mulligan

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
mulligan	134	jerry mulligan	3
gerry mulligan	38	mulligan spike	3
mulligan golf	34	moon mulligan	3
kelly mulligan	33	mr mulligan	3
richard mulligan	21	mulligan simon	3
center family fun mulligan	15	continuous mulligan	3
black jack mulligan	14	golf in mulligan	3
mulligan stew	11	black jack mulligan picture	2
mike mulligan	9	associate john mulligan	2
robert mulligan	9	mike mulligan steam shovel	2
brian mulligan	8	mulligan recipe stew	2
john mulligan	6	man mulligan	2
mark mulligan	6	emma mulligan photo wedding	2
mulligan tour	6	david mulligan	2
mike mulligan and his steam shovel	5	meet monk mulligan riverside	2
estate mulligan real	5	mulligan security	2
terry david mulligan	4	center fun mulligan	2
jessica mulligan	4	master mulligan	2
michael mulligan	4	mulligan tim	2
mulligan sarah	3
		mulligan tim	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Mulligan

Language		Translations for "mulligan"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		Eintopf (hodgepodge, stew). (various references)

Greek		ίρέασ �'ραστό όε Λαχανικά. (various references)

Pig Latin		ulliganmay

Swedish		köttgryta (fleshpot, hotpot, mulligan stew). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Mulligan

Derivations
	Words beginning with "mulligan": mulligans. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Mulligan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Mellingen, Milliband, Milligans, Millikan, Milliman, mulga, mulican, mulligen, mullygan, multimax, multiway, Murlaggan, Neligan, Nelligan, Quilligan. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Mulligan"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "mulligan" (pronounced mu"ligun)
5	-l i g u n	hooligan.
4	-i g u n	Brannigan, cardigan, shenanigan.
3	-g u n	Balbriggan, bandwagon, bargain, Bogan, Brogan, collagen, dragon, gorgon, jargon, Lagan, Logan, longan, Morgan, Morgen, organ, pagan, shogun, slogan, snapdragon, Tigon, toboggan, wagon.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Mulligan

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-g-i-l-l-m-n-u"
	-1 letter: gallium, lingual, luminal, malling, mauling, mulling.
	-2 letters: allium, alumin, alumni, laming, ligula, lingam, lingua, lumina, malign, muling, nilgau.
	-3 letters: algin, algum, align, almug, gamin, glial, liang, ligan, liman, linga, linum, lungi, maill, miaul, mulla.
	-4 letters: agin, alum, amin, anil, gain, gall, gaum, gaun, gill, glia, glim, glum, guan, gull, iglu, lain, lang, lima, limn.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-i-l-l-m-n-u"
	+1 letter: mulligans.
	+3 letters: monolingual, umbrellaing.
	+4 letters: bilingualism, illuminating, meaningfully, monolinguals, mulligatawny, multilingual.
	+5 letters: bilingualisms, humiliatingly, immunological, macroglobulin, multiregional, mutagenically, numerological.
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