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单词 mulligan
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Definition of mulligan in English:

mulligan

noun ˈmʌlɪɡ(ə)nˈməlɪɡən
North American informal
  • 1A stew made from odds and ends of food.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ms. Chalmers shows how a simple beef stew can become a hearty mulligan, a Belgian carbonnade, a French boeuf bourguignon, or your own less classic invention.
    • The whole painting is a mulligan stew of form and gesture.
    • But unfortunately, the film also tries to be a suspense thriller, a love story, and god knows what else, until it finally becomes what they used to call mulligan stew.
    • Instead, he seems never to have acknowledged such boundaries, seeing culture more as a mulligan stew than as an endeavor replete with categorical divisions and hierarchies.
    • Later Mrs. Blake recalled how the troop used to hike out to Brown’s Gulch and cook a ‘mulligan.’
  • 2(in informal golf) an extra stroke allowed after a poor shot, not counted on the scorecard.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Being that Tully is a super senior golfer we allowed him a mulligan off the first tee.
    • So let me get this straight: You want to take mulligans and conceded putts so that you can do well in a tournament, but at the same time not have your handicap be affected?
    • This year every player will receive the ‘Full Monty’ of 24 mulligans inclusive with the entry fee, which is fixed at bht 2,500 each.
    • Other than a few staunch golfing purists, most of us believe in the concept of taking a mulligan.
    • If you take a mulligan, then the second putt is performed as to how you aimed and powered it.
    • Other examples of under-counting allow taking a first-tee mulligan or recording net pars on a round started but not completed because of bad weather.
    • Clinton did this even though he knew that Van Natta was golfing with him for the primary purpose of counting his mulligans.
    • It is not unusual for a friendly match to allow mulligans on the first tee.
    • Our 42nd president was another authority figure well-known for mulligans, not counting shots, and fluffing up his score.
    • As usual, you can tweak just about every conceivable setting before beginning a round, such as mulligans, gimmes, weather and green conditions, and pin difficulty, so that you never have the same game twice.

Origin

Early 20th century: apparently from the surname Mulligan.

 
 

Definition of mulligan in US English:

mulligan

nounˈməliɡənˈməlɪɡən
North American informal
  • 1A stew made from odds and ends of food.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Later Mrs. Blake recalled how the troop used to hike out to Brown’s Gulch and cook a ‘mulligan.’
    • Ms. Chalmers shows how a simple beef stew can become a hearty mulligan, a Belgian carbonnade, a French boeuf bourguignon, or your own less classic invention.
    • Instead, he seems never to have acknowledged such boundaries, seeing culture more as a mulligan stew than as an endeavor replete with categorical divisions and hierarchies.
    • The whole painting is a mulligan stew of form and gesture.
    • But unfortunately, the film also tries to be a suspense thriller, a love story, and god knows what else, until it finally becomes what they used to call mulligan stew.
  • 2(in informal golf) an extra stroke allowed after a poor shot, not counted on the scorecard.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is not unusual for a friendly match to allow mulligans on the first tee.
    • Clinton did this even though he knew that Van Natta was golfing with him for the primary purpose of counting his mulligans.
    • Other than a few staunch golfing purists, most of us believe in the concept of taking a mulligan.
    • Being that Tully is a super senior golfer we allowed him a mulligan off the first tee.
    • This year every player will receive the ‘Full Monty’ of 24 mulligans inclusive with the entry fee, which is fixed at bht 2,500 each.
    • Other examples of under-counting allow taking a first-tee mulligan or recording net pars on a round started but not completed because of bad weather.
    • If you take a mulligan, then the second putt is performed as to how you aimed and powered it.
    • So let me get this straight: You want to take mulligans and conceded putts so that you can do well in a tournament, but at the same time not have your handicap be affected?
    • Our 42nd president was another authority figure well-known for mulligans, not counting shots, and fluffing up his score.
    • As usual, you can tweak just about every conceivable setting before beginning a round, such as mulligans, gimmes, weather and green conditions, and pin difficulty, so that you never have the same game twice.

Origin

Early 20th century: apparently from the surname Mulligan.

 
 
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