mulligan

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmʌlɪɡən/ Homophone: Mulligan === Noun === mulligan (countable and uncountable, plural mulligans) Ellipsis of mulligan stew. p. 1932, a. 1998, Erling Strom, as quoted in, 1998, Louis W. Dawson, Wild Snow, →ISBN, page 105 [3]: When we did, nobody was there, but we found two empty sleeping bags and some mulligan in a pot on a stove. (golf) An unpenalized chance to re-take a stroke that went awry. (collectible card games) An opportunity (sometimes penalized) for a player to reshuffle their cards and draw a new initial hand at the beginning of a game. (by extension) A second chance. ==== Translations ==== === See also === mulligan car === References === “mulligan”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “mulligan”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.