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mangle

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[ mang-guh l ]
/ 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; ruin; mar badly: to mangle a text by careless typesetting.

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RELATED WORDS

disfigure, wreck, lacerate, bruise, distort, impair, contort, hack, maim, maul, deface, rend, slay, slit, cut, injure, ruin, wound, damage, butcher

Nearby words

  1. mangemange,
  2. manger,
  3. mangetout,
  4. mangey,
  5. mangia-cake,
  6. mango,
  7. mango madness,
  8. mangoky,
  9. mangold-wurzel,
  10. mangonel

Origin of mangle

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1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French mangler, perhaps dissimilated variant of Old French mangonner to mangle; akin to mangonel
SYNONYMS FOR mangle
1 See maim.
2 deface; destroy.
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Related formsman·gler, noun

Definition for mangle (2 of 2)

mangle

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[ mang-guh l ]
/ 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

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1765–75; < Dutch mangel ≪ Late Latin manganum. See mangonel
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British Dictionary definitions for mangle (1 of 2)

mangle

1
/ (ˈmæŋɡəl) /

verb (tr)

to mutilate, disfigure, or destroy by cutting, crushing, or tearing
to ruin, spoil, or mar
Derived Formsmangler, 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)

mangle

2
/ (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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