brannigan
brannigan noun: binge, bender, booze-up (where alcohol is drunk).
Noun
brannigan (plural brannigans)
- binge, bender, booze-up (where alcohol is drunk)
- In the last decade of his life he went for long stretches without touching booze. Then stresses and strains would build up inside him and he would embark on a brannigan.1977, Harry Allen Smith, The Life and Legend of Gene Fowler
- brawl, fight
- The second round was a brannigan from bell to bell. Both men went out for blood and both got it.2005, Louis L'Amour, May There Be a Road: Stories
Proper noun capitalized: Brannigan
Brannigan (plural Brannigans)
- A surname from Irish.
Forms of brannigan
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | brannigans |
| alternative form | branigan |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Brannigans |
| alternative form | Branagan |
Origin of brannigan
Bran(n)- refers to an ancient king of Wales, his name meaning "raven" in Old Welsh. His head is said to be buried under the Tower of London & is why, it is said, that ravens flock to it. "-igan" is an Anglicization of the Brythonic Gaelic surname suffix "-yggan" which means "descendant of".
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Branagáin (“descendant of Branagán”), a personal name derived from a hypocoristic form of bran (“raven”).
Questions about brannigan
- What does brannigan mean?
- Brannigan means binge, bender, booze-up (where alcohol is drunk).
- What part of speech is brannigan?
- Brannigan can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of brannigan?
- The plural of brannigan is brannigans.
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