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- DictionaryMaul/môl/
verb
- 1. (of an animal) wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing: "the herdsmen were mauled by lions"
noun
- 1. a tool with a heavy head and a handle, used for tasks such as ramming, crushing, and driving wedges; a beetle.
1 day ago · 1. verb. If you are mauled by an animal, you are violently attacked by it and badly injured . He had been mauled by a bear. [be VERB -ed + by] The dog went berserk and mauled one of the girls. [VERB noun] Synonyms: mangle, claw, lacerate, tear More Synonyms of maul. 2. verb [usually passive]
maul meaning: 1. If you are mauled by an animal, you are injured by its teeth or claws (= the sharp parts of its…. Learn more.
Maul definition, a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges. See more.
maul. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English maul /mɔːl $ mɒːl/ verb [ transitive] 1 if an animal mauls someone, it injures them badly by tearing their flesh A mentally ill man was mauled after climbing into the lions’ enclosure at London Zoo. 2 to strongly criticize something, especially a new book, play etc Her latest book was ...
noun. a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges. Archaic. a heavy club or mace. verb (used with object) to handle or use roughly: The book was badly mauled by its borrowers. to injure by a rough beating, shoving, or the like; bruise: to be mauled by an angry crowd. to split with a maul and wedge, as a wooden rail. See more. Recommended videos
maul / mɔːl / vb (transitive) to handle clumsily; paw; to batter or lacerate; n. a heavy two-handed hammer suitable for driving piles, wedges, etc; a loose scrum that forms around a player who is holding the ball and on his feet; Etymology: 13 th Century: from Old French mail, from Latin malleus hammer. See mallet ˈmauler n
maul. volume_up. UK /mɔːl/ verb (with object) 1. (of an animal) wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing a man was mauled by a lion at London Zoo 2. treat (something) savagely or roughly the body was badly mauled in battle 3. handle (someone) roughly, especially for sexual gratification the last thing I wanted to do was have a ...
