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maul
[mawl]
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.
maul
/ mɔːl /
verb
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
Other Word Forms
- mauler noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of maul1
Word History and Origins
Origin of maul1
Example Sentences
Tyrese Gibson faces one charge of cruelty to animals stemming from a September incident in Fulton County, Ga., that left a neighbor’s 5-year-old dog mauled and dead.
Cokayne scoring off a driving maul was the opposite in terms of star quality to the first try, but was just as important.
You would expect Talling to be tasked with combating the brilliance of De Goede, with her work at mauls a potential way to expend some of the Canadian's energy.
"I love it when, particularly in a line-out or a maul, you can really get stuck into them and you can see it in their eyes when you start taking their options away."
New Zealand were troubled by South Africa's ultra-physical approach in the first half of their quarter-final, with the Springboks making metres with 15-player driving mauls and forward thrusts around the fringes.
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