maul
See also: Maul
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English malle (“mace, maul”), from Anglo-Norman mail, from Old French mail, from Latin malleus (“hammer”). Doublet of malleus.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /mɔːl/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːl
- Homophone: mall (one pronunciation)
- Homophone: moll (some accents)
NounEdit
maul (plural mauls)
- A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
- (rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.
SynonymsEdit
HyponymsEdit
- (long-handled hammer): post maul, spike maul, splitting maul
- (rugby): rolling maul
TranslationsEdit
heavy, long-handled hammer
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rugby
See alsoEdit
VerbEdit
maul (third-person singular simple present mauls, present participle mauling, simple past and past participle mauled)
- To handle someone or something in a rough way.
- To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal).
- The bear mauled him in a terrible way.
- 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?[1], archived from the original on 3 November 2022, retrieved 5 November 2022, 26:02 from the start:
- The embattled heavy cruiser is not in immediate danger of sinking, but is being badly mauled.
- (figuratively) To criticise harshly.
- The latest film by the Cohen brothers was mauled by the press, and was a box-office flop to boot.
- (transitive) To beat with a maul.
TranslationsEdit
handle in a rough way
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savage
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to criticise rudely
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Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- maul at OneLook Dictionary Search
- maul in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
AnagramsEdit
CimbrianEdit
NounEdit
maul n
ReferencesEdit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
EstonianEdit
NounEdit
maul
Norwegian NynorskEdit
VerbEdit
maul
- imperative of maule