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man·gle (maŋ′gəl)

transitive verb mangled -·gled, mangling -·gling

  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

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

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mangle2 definition

man·gle (maŋ′gəl)

noun

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

Etymology: 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 -·gled, mangling -·gling

to press in a mangle

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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