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- DictionaryMan·gle/ˈmaNGɡəl/
noun
- 1. a large machine for ironing sheets or other fabrics, usually when they are damp, using heated rollers.
verb
- 1. press or squeeze with a mangle: "the hard household labor often involved pounding clothes in a dolly tub and mangling them with a hand wringer"
What does the verb mangle mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb mangle, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the verb mangle? Fewer than 0.01 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.
ˈmaŋ-gəl. Definition of mangle. as in to fumble. to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way you've mangled this so badly that we'll have to do it over. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. fumble. blow. dub. ruin. botch. butcher. bungle. destroy. boot. spoil. murder. boggle. injure. mar. fluff. muff. screw up.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun mangle. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in Caribbean English and U.S. English.
(of a speech, piece of writing, etc.) spoiled by having many mistakes in it : He made fun of his own mangled syntax and grammatical errors. Fewer examples. At the city's busy trauma hospitals, bleeding, mangled bodies are commonplace. Whole city blocks were leveled, and the rubble and mangled cars pushed to the sides of the streets.
1. : severely injured or damaged by cutting, tearing, or crushing. a mangled foot. A special bed—a box lined with cottonwool—was made for the mangled pigeon while the Wilsons nursed it … Iain Macdonald. … mangled warplanes lie strewn across the desert floor, their wings and tails torn off, their fuselages punctured. Richard Wolkomir. 2.
A mangle (British) or wringer (American) [1] is a mechanical laundry aid consisting of two rollers in a sturdy frame, connected by cogs and (in its home version) powered by a hand crank or by electricity.
adjective. us / ˈmæŋ.ɡ ə ld / uk / ˈmæŋ.ɡ ə ld / Add to word list. destroyed by being twisted with force or torn into pieces so that the original form is completely changed: All that remains of yesterday's car crash is a pile of mangled metal. (of a speech, piece of writing, etc.) spoiled by having many mistakes in it :
