mangle

[ mang-guhl ]

/ ˈmæŋ gəl /

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verb (used with object), man·gled, man·gling.

to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing: The coat sleeve was mangled in the gears of the machine.

to spoil or ruin; mar badly: The story was mangled by a clumsy translation.

OTHER WORDS FOR mangle

2 deface; destroy.

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Origin of mangle

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Anglo-French mangler, perhaps dissimilated variant of Old French mangonner “to mangle”; akin to mangonel

synonym study for mangle

1. See maim.

OTHER WORDS FROM mangle

mangler, noun

Words nearby mangle

mangemange, manger, mangetout, mangey, mangia-cake, mangle, mango, Mangoky, mangold-wurzel, mango madness, mangonel

Other definitions for mangle (2 of 2)

mangle²

[ mang-guhl ]

/ ˈmæŋ gəl /

noun

a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes, household linen, etc., by means of heated rollers.

verb (used with object), man·gled, man·gling.

to smooth or press with a mangle.

Metalworking. to squeeze (metal plates) between rollers.

Origin of mangle

1765–75; <Dutch mangel ≪ Late Latin manganum.See mangonel

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How to use mangle in a sentence

They also fine-tuned the speed and range of movement of the robotic arms—after all, no one wants to see a giant robotic arm gripping with a pointy fork flying at your face with a dangling, mangled piece of cake.
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Popular online posts on this topic that defend Bitcoin, including from the digital mining operator Mawson, either do not cite any sources for their data or mangle the findings of trusted institutions.
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Those skeletons, unacknowledged—specters if you will—will always be there to raise their mangled heads when we least desire or can afford.
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When I was very young we went caroling and always had a huge tree topped with a gold tinsel star that would look more mangled every year.
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Somehow it seems fitting, given everything we’ve learned about the art market thus far, that an attempt to address this relatively simple royalty issue was so badly mangled.
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Saying a word in a different tone can distort or utterly mangle a line.
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Plus, a slip of the electric knife can really mangle your roast.
The 2012 Holiday Kitchen Gift Guide|Megan McArdle|December 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
They had her give the weather update, and even let her mangle the word “amok.”
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Now, here seemed simple panic: and like a pack of dogs which rush to mangle a mongrel, they were at him pell-mell.
The Lord of the Sea|M. P. Shiel
They are then damped on a water mangle, and beamed on to the heavy iron bowl of the beetling machine.
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In a laundry visited when the boss was out, we conferred with the engineer about one particularly bad mangle.
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The reason for the low wages listed for mangle work seems to lie only in nationality.
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From the folders the sheets are carried away to a mangle, where they are folded over again by young girls.
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British Dictionary definitions for mangle (1 of 2)

mangle¹

/ (ˈmæŋɡəl) /

verb (tr)

to mutilate, disfigure, or destroy by cutting, crushing, or tearing

to ruin, spoil, or mar

Derived forms of mangle

mangler, nounmangled, adjective

Word Origin for mangle

C14: from Norman French mangler, probably from Old French mahaignier to maim

British Dictionary definitions for mangle (2 of 2)

mangle²

/ (ˈmæŋɡəl) /

noun

Also called: wringer a machine for pressing or drying wet textiles, clothes, etc, consisting of two heavy rollers between which the cloth is passed

verb (tr)

to press or dry in a mangle

Word Origin for mangle

C18: from Dutch mangel, ultimately from Late Latin manganum. See mangonel

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