maul

[ mawl ]

/ mɔl /

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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.

Also mall .

Origin of maul

1200–50; (noun) Middle English malle<Old French mail mallet, hammer <Latin malleus hammer; (v.) Middle English mallen<Old French maillier, derivative of noun

OTHER WORDS FROM maul

mauler, nounun·mauled, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH maul

mall, maul , maw

Words nearby maul

mauger, Maugham, maugre, Maui, mauka, maul, Maulana, Mauldin, maulers, Maulmain, maulstick

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Example sentences from the Web for maul

With a lot of forethought, he wields an 8-pound maul through timber.
Brooklyn’s Booming Firewood Industry|Dale Eisinger|July 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was probably a case of numbness; you maul your thumb with a hammer and it will hurt just so long before it stops.
Highways in Hiding|George Oliver Smith
Rude mills were then formed with a hollowed log, and a heavy weight or maul on a spring-board.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England|Alice Morse Earle
Who could have fancied that when savages began to use clubs to maul each other it would end in this diabolical refinement!
The Cruise of the Dry Dock|T. S. Stribling

The critics have therefore an undoubted right to maul you; they find you in their province.
Dialogues of the Dead|Lord Lyttelton
So I went to him and told him that if he said a word about it, I should maul him into a slop and feed him to the hogs.
Vandemark's Folly|Herbert Quick

British Dictionary definitions for maul

maul

/ (mɔːl) /

verb (tr)

to handle clumsily; paw

to batter or lacerate

noun

a heavy two-handed hammer suitable for driving piles, wedges, etc

rugby a loose scrum that forms around a player who is holding the ball and on his feet

Derived forms of maul

mauler, noun

Word Origin for maul

C13: from Old French mail, from Latin malleus hammer. See mallet

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	maul
释义	maul [ mawl ] / mɔl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR maul ON THESAURUS.COM 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. Also mall . Origin of maul 1200–50; (noun) Middle English malle<Old French mail mallet, hammer <Latin malleus hammer; (v.) Middle English mallen<Old French maillier, derivative of noun OTHER WORDS FROM maul mauler, nounun·mauled, adjective WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH maul mall, maul , maw Words nearby maul mauger, Maugham, maugre, Maui, mauka, maul, Maulana, Mauldin, maulers, Maulmain, maulstick Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for maul With a lot of forethought, he wields an 8-pound maul through timber. Brooklyn’s Booming Firewood Industry\|Dale Eisinger\|July 8, 2014\|DAILY BEAST It was probably a case of numbness; you maul your thumb with a hammer and it will hurt just so long before it stops. Highways in Hiding\|George Oliver Smith Rude mills were then formed with a hollowed log, and a heavy weight or maul on a spring-board. Customs and Fashions in Old New England\|Alice Morse Earle Who could have fancied that when savages began to use clubs to maul each other it would end in this diabolical refinement! The Cruise of the Dry Dock\|T. S. Stribling The critics have therefore an undoubted right to maul you; they find you in their province. Dialogues of the Dead\|Lord Lyttelton So I went to him and told him that if he said a word about it, I should maul him into a slop and feed him to the hogs. Vandemark's Folly\|Herbert Quick British Dictionary definitions for maul maul / (mɔːl) / verb (tr) to handle clumsily; paw to batter or lacerate noun a heavy two-handed hammer suitable for driving piles, wedges, etc rugby a loose scrum that forms around a player who is holding the ball and on his feet Derived forms of maul mauler, noun Word Origin for maul C13: from Old French mail, from Latin malleus hammer. See mallet Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to maul lacerate, pummel, drub, mug, bludgeon, trample, thrash, molest, beat up, rough up, pound, skin, whip, paw, pelt, maltreat, wax, hit, beat, flagellate
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maul

noun

verb (used with object)

Origin of maul

OTHER WORDS FROM maul

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Example sentences from the Web for maul

British Dictionary definitions for maul

verb (tr)

noun

Derived forms of maul

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