Home › Words › B › branniganbranniganbrannigan means A surname from Irish.EtymologyReduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Branagáin (“descendant of Branagán”), a personal name derived from a hypocoristic form of bran (“raven”).nameA surname from Irish.nounbinge, bender, booze-up (where alcohol is drunk)e.g.“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, fighte.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.binge 69% match — A short period of excessive consumption, especially of food, alcohol, narcotics, etc. vs brannigan →binger 67% match — Someone who binges. vs brannigan →bingeing 63% match — A session in which something is binged, such as food or television. vs brannigan →bingey 62% match — Resembling or characteristic of a binge. vs brannigan →boozing 61% match — The act of drinking alcohol heavily. vs brannigan →bevvying 60% match — drinking (alcohol) vs brannigan →bevvy 60% match — To get drunk. vs brannigan →bedrink 59% match — To drink in; drink up; drink to the fullest vs brannigan →