brannigans

noun

plural of brannigan
as in escapades

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  1. escapades
  2. capers
  3. souses
  4. benders
  5. pranks
  6. bums
  7. antics
  8. shenanigans
Noun
  • The Last of the Mohicans Set in 1757 during the Seven Years’ War, this historical novel follows the escapades of wayfaring Natty Bumppo and his Mohican companions, Chingachgook and Uncas.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Outer Banks’ success has always rested on an emotional depth that distracts from nonsense plot points and over-the-top escapades.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of escapades
Noun
  • Jules Dassin’s Rififi (1955) and Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing (1956) further refined the formula, while a number of decidedly sillier capers in the ’60s both parodied and advanced the genre, helping set the stage for the modern Ocean’s movies.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The Bourne Identity Teens who enjoy action movies and spy capers will be all about the first film in the Bourne movie series, which came out in 2002.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 29 Aug. 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
  • Water benders can freeze ice or raise currents at will; earth benders can move rock or even, in some cases, manipulate metal.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 24 July 2026
  • There, he’s attacked by The Denied, a militia group of non-benders who feel like second-class citizens in this world seeking an old totem of a prior Avatar known as Sonam.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 20 July 2026
Definition of benders
Noun
  • Before class started, and the teacher had not yet arrived, students may have been clowning around in the room, making jokes, playing pranks, or talking loudly and inappropriately.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Koko loves the pranks too, but is serious about what this tech can do.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of pranks
Noun
  • Kennedy’s Albany is a vital, violent place, a hothouse of gangsters, pool hustlers, bums, crooked politicians, and showgirls.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
  • For families Apart from the family-sized villa estates and kid-friendly menus, Nihi has a host of activities that will please even the youngest beach bums.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of bums
Noun
  • Most players largely celebrate their own successes, rather than their opponents’ errors, and antics like those supposedly violate the sport’s unwritten behavioral codes.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • So, too, do the antics of his estate manager (a buoyant Sam Adegoke), always concocting money-making schemes, and the wide-eyed adoration of the girl next door (Amelia Mason, deftly balancing naïveté with seductiveness), who wants to save him.
    — Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of antics
Noun
  • Clearly their support worked as the streamer confirmed Hardy’s da Souza is back for more shenanigans in Season 3.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The shenanigans with Leonard and Uncle Dennis just cost them an additional five firsts.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of shenanigans
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