maul
a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
Archaic. a heavy club or mace.
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.
Origin of maul
1Other words from maul
- maul·er, noun
Words that may be confused with maul
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How to use maul in a sentence
Other targets of this critical mauling include Madonna, Sharon Osborne, and Demi Moore.
Nicole Kidman Botox Insanity: Why All Women Lose Out When We Obsess Over Stars’ Faces | Emma Woolf | May 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy the time I am done I am "all het up" and feel like taking the club and giving them a good mauling.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurIn 1662 a mob assembled, dragged them out into the street, beating and mauling them severely, and killing one outright.
Bygone London | Frederick RossAfter the fourth mauling he turned round and went back to Johannesburg, preferring to take his chances with the Boers.
A Woman's Part in a Revolution | Natalie Harris HammondBut you shan't escape your misdemeanour in mauling those verses as you have done, by finding fault with my joke redevivus.
Handy Andy, Volume 2 (of 2) | Samuel Lover
She had been a field-hand in North Carolina, and worked at cutting down trees, grubbing land, and mauling rails.
Palmetto-Leaves | Harriet Beecher Stowe
British Dictionary definitions for maul
/ (mɔːl) /
to handle clumsily; paw
to batter or lacerate
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
Origin of maul
1Derived forms of maul
- mauler, noun
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