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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024maul /mɔl/USA pronunciation n. mauled, maul•ing. [countable]- Buildinga heavy hammer used esp. for driving stakes or wedges.
v. [~ + object] - to handle or use roughly:The gang was mauling her in the parking lot.
- to injure by rough treatment:The lion tamer was mauled by one of the lions.
maul•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024maul (môl),USA pronunciation n. - Buildinga heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- [Archaic.]a heavy club or mace.
v.t. - 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. - Buildingto split with a maul and wedge, as a wooden rail.
Also, mall. - Old French maillier, derivative of noun, nominal
- Latin malleus hammer; (verb, verbal) Middle English mallen
- Old French mail mallet, hammer
- (noun, nominal) Middle English malle 1200–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: 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: 13th Century: from Old French mail, from Latin malleus hammer. See malletˈmauler n |