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Mulligan

//ˈmʌlɪɡən// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname from Irish.

Noun

1
Ellipsis of mulligan stew. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
""I've got a mulligan on the stove upstairs," grinned Sloan, getting out of his chair."
2
Irish version of burgoo wordnet
3
An unpenalized chance to re-take a stroke that went awry. countable, uncountable
"If you lose your drive in the water, take a mulligan and try again."
4
An opportunity (sometimes penalized) for a player to reshuffle their cards and draw a new initial hand at the beginning of a game. countable, uncountable
"Pokemon has a mulligan rule: if you have no Pokemon in your opening hand, you show it to your opponent and redraw. You may also take a mulligan, I believe, if your opening hand has no basic power cards."
5
A second chance. broadly, countable, uncountable
"Don't do poorly in your first interview; you won't get a mulligan."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Attested 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.

Etymology 2

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maolagáin, from maolagán (“person with cropped hair”), from maol (“bald”).

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