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houlihan

houlihan noun: a kind of lasso throw.

Noun

houlihan (plural houlihans)

  1. A kind of lasso throw.
    • But if he could not throw the houlihan, he still might get down in the dirt of the corral to help with dehorning, castrating, and branding.2009, Clyde A. Milner II, Carol A. O'Connor, As Big as the West: The Pioneer Life of Granville Stuart, page 214

Proper noun capitalized: Houlihan

Houlihan (plural Houlihans)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of houlihan

Noun
pluralhoulihans
alternative formhooley-ann
alternative formhoolihan
Proper noun
pluralHoulihans
alternative formHolahan
alternative formHolihan
alternative formHolohan
alternative formHoolahan
alternative formHoolihan
alternative formHoulahan
alternative formHulahan
alternative formHulihan
alternative formHoolan

Origin of houlihan

Anglicized form of Irish Ó hUallacháin (“descendant of Uallachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of uallach (“proud, arrogant”).

Questions about houlihan

What does houlihan mean?
Houlihan means a kind of lasso throw.
What part of speech is houlihan?
Houlihan can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of houlihan?
The plural of houlihan is houlihans.

Words near houlihan in the dictionary

  1. Houldsworth
  2. Houle
  3. Houles
  4. houlet
  5. houlets
  6. houlihan
  7. houlihans
  8. hoult
  9. Houlton
  10. Houltons
  11. hoults

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