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ALL meanings of maul

maul
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  • noun maul (of an animal) wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing. 1
  • noun maul a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges. 1
  • noun maul Archaic. a heavy club or mace. 1
  • verb with object maul to handle or use roughly: The book was badly mauled by its borrowers. 1
  • verb with object maul to injure by a rough beating, shoving, or the like; bruise: to be mauled by an angry crowd. 1
  • verb with object maul to split with a maul and wedge, as a wooden rail. 1
  • transitive verb maul animal: attack 1
  • transitive verb maul treat roughly 1
  • transitive verb maul criticize harshly 1
  • noun maul axe for splitting wood 1
  • verb maul If you are mauled by an animal, you are violently attacked by it and badly injured. 0
  • verb maul If someone is mauled, they are attacked aggressively, and often harmed in some way. 0
  • verb maul to handle clumsily; paw 0
  • verb maul to batter or lacerate 0
  • noun maul a heavy two-handed hammer suitable for driving piles, wedges, etc 0
  • noun maul a loose scrum that forms around a player who is holding the ball and on his feet 0
  • noun maul a very heavy hammer or mallet, often of wood, for driving stakes, wedges, etc. 0
  • verb transitive maul to injure by beating or tearing; bruise or lacerate 0
  • verb transitive maul to handle roughly or clumsily; manhandle; paw 0
  • noun maul A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into it, or in combat. 0
  • noun maul (rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier. 0
  • verb maul To handle someone or something in a rough way. 0
  • verb maul To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal). 0
  • verb maul (figuratively) To criticise harshly. 0
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