maul

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English malle (“mace, maul”), from Anglo-Norman mail, from Old French mail, from Latin malleus (“hammer”). Doublet of malleus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɔːl/ Rhymes: -ɔːl Homophone: mall (one pronunciation) Homophone: moll (cot–caught merger) === Noun === maul (plural mauls) A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat. Synonyms: club, mace (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. (botany) The fruit of the Washingtonia species. ==== Hyponyms ==== (long-handled hammer): post maul, spike maul, splitting maul (rugby): rolling maul ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== ruck scrum === Verb === maul (third-person singular simple present mauls, present participle mauling, simple past and past participle mauled) To handle someone or something in a rough way. Synonyms: abuse, mishandle, misuse (usually of an animal) To savage; to cause serious physical wounds. Synonyms: harm, wound; see also Thesaurus:harm (figuratively) To criticise harshly. Synonyms: castigate, excoriate; see also Thesaurus:criticize (transitive) To beat with a maul. (sex, slang) To play rough, to fondle intensively. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Related terms === mall mallet === References === “maul”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “maul”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “maul v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. === Anagrams === Mula, malu, Luma, Lamu, Ulam, mula, luma, alum == Cimbrian == === Etymology === From Middle High German mūl, mūle (“muzzle, snout”), from Old High German *mūl, mūla (“snout”), from Proto-Germanic *mūlą, *mūlō (“muzzle, snout”). === Noun === maul n mouth === References === Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien == Estonian == === Noun === maul adessive singular of magu == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === maul imperative of maule