How to pronounce mulligan
American English pronunciation
MUL-ih-gun
- IPA
- /ˈmʌlɪɡən/
- Syllables
- MUL · ih · gun (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What mulligan means
A free do-over after a bad shot, as in golf
In a sentence: My first throw missed the hoop, so my friends gave me a mulligan.
Where it comes from: It has meant a golf do-over since the 1930s. It probably comes from the name Mulligan, after a golfer who took a shot over again.
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