maul
See also: Maul
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English malle (“mace, maul”), from Anglo-Norman mail, from Old French mail, from Latin malleus (“hammer”). Doublet of malleus.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /mɔːl/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːl
- Homophone: mall (one pronunciation)
- Homophone: moll (some accents)
Noun edit
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.
Synonyms edit
Hyponyms edit
- (long-handled hammer): post maul, spike maul, splitting maul
- (rugby): rolling maul
Translations edit
heavy, long-handled hammer
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rugby
See also edit
Verb edit
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, 26:02 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?[1], archived from the original on 3 November 2022:
- 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.
Translations edit
handle in a rough way
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savage
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to criticise rudely
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Related terms edit
References edit
- “maul”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “maul”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Cimbrian edit
Noun edit
maul n
References edit
- 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
Estonian edit
Noun edit
maul
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
maul
- imperative of maule