mangle

Mangle is defined as to destroy by tearing, crushing or bruising.

(verb)

An example of to mangle is to violently cut apart a wired fence.

The definition of a mangle is a machine with rollers which is used to press large smooth pieces of cloth.

(noun)

An example of a mangle is a machine in a cleaners which is used to iron sheets.

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See mangle in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb mangled, mangling

  1. to mutilate or disfigure by repeatedly and roughly cutting, tearing, hacking, or crushing; lacerate and bruise badly
  2. to spoil; botch; mar; garble: to mangle a text

Origin: ME manglen < Anglo-Fr mangler, prob. freq. of OFr mehaigner, maim

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noun

a machine for pressing and smoothing cloth, esp. sheets and other flat pieces, between heated rollers

Origin: Du mangel < Ger < MHG, dim. of mange, a mangle < L manganum < Gr manganon, war machine, orig. deceptive device < IE base *meng-, to embellish deceptively > MIr meng, deceit, L mango, falsifying dealer

transitive verb mangled, mangling

to press in a mangle

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See mangle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb man·gled, man·gling, man·gles
  1. To mutilate or disfigure by battering, hacking, cutting, or tearing. See Synonyms at batter1.
  2. To ruin or spoil through ineptitude or ignorance: mangle a speech.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English manglen

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman mangler

Origin: , frequentative of Old French mangoner, to cut to bits

Origin: ; possibly akin to mahaignier, to maim; see mayhem

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Related Forms:

  • manˈgler noun

noun
  1. A machine for pressing fabrics by means of heated rollers.
  2. Chiefly British A clothes wringer.
transitive verb man·gled, man·gling, man·gles
To press with a mangle.

Origin:

Origin: Dutch mangel

Origin: , from German

Origin: , from Middle High German

Origin: , diminutive of mange, mangonel

Origin: , from Late Latin manganum, catapult; see mangonel

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