brannigans

noun

plural of brannigan
as in escapades

Related Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for brannigans
  1. escapades
  2. capers
  3. souses
  4. benders
  5. pranks
  6. bums
  7. antics
  8. shenanigans
Noun
  • While the Jeep legacy dates to primarily to off-road military use, the hybrid model is oriented toward on-road escapades.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 28 June 2026
  • Like Buster Keaton before him, Knoxville has an uncanny awareness of how his death-defying escapades appear on camera.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of escapades
Noun
  • In a food processor or blender, combine garlic, shallots, olive oil, parsley, dill, capers, basil, lemon zest and juice.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • The tartness of capers, lemon juice, and pickles balances the rich flavors.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
Definition of capers
Noun
  • Both actors were the sons of souses (Dick Hopkins, on retiring from the baking trade, opened a pub), and the stuff was in their bloodstream.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Definition of souses
Noun
  • Outside his ivory tower, the heterosis disease is raging on, turning men whose appetites normally lay only in prostate orgasms, poppers, all-night benders, and chemsex into the kind of people who suddenly have an affection for a church wedding.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 May 2026
  • Tube benders also use stained glass, phosphorus and mercury to create other colors.
    — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026
Definition of benders
Noun
  • Police used the incident to warn the public that pranks involving Orbeez guns, airsoft guns, or other toy firearms can provoke dangerous reactions and lead to criminal charges.
    — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • In the special, Arcuri tackles topics like marital pranks and urinal mind games while contending, on the more serious side, with his wife Katie Thurston’s cancer journey.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 June 2026
Definition of pranks
Noun
  • History buffs, avid hikers, music lovers, wine aficionados, and beach bums will all find a town to love in the Old Dominion.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
  • For ski bums looking to hit the Colorado slopes without slogging through I-70 traffic, there’s no better destination than Winter Park.
    — Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of bums
Noun
  • As of July 9, the San Mateo Police Department had not received any reports of anyone being hit, injured, or property damaged in connection with the teen antics, according to Luna.
    — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • There was bewilderment, also, at the failure of the referee to get any kind of grip or control over the Paraguayan antics.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of antics
Noun
  • Check back for morning-after recaps of weekday episodes and a Monday roundup of the weekend’s shenanigans.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 8 July 2026
  • To many onlookers, Neil’s shenanigans appear adorably quirky.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 8 July 2026
Definition of shenanigans
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

brannigan
brannigans
brash
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Brannigans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brannigans. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of fulcrum

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?

Commonly Misspelled Words

How to Use Em Dashes (—), En Dashes (–) , and Hyphens (-)
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

One-Word Oxymorons: Bittersweet, Spendthrift, and More

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

The Words of the Week - Jul 10
See More

Popular

See More

Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'?

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
banana-mirrored
Contradictory Words Quiz Pick out which word means one thing…and the opp...
See All