Maul

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A heavy, long-handled hammer used especially to drive stakes, piles, or wedges.
  • noun. A heavy hammer having a wedge-shaped head and used for splitting logs.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A play in Rugby in which a mass of players gathers around a ball carrier being tackled and attempts to gain possession of the ball when it is released.
  • noun. The mass of players during such a play.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To injure or mutilate, as by scratching or beating: synonym: mangle.
  • transitive verb. To defeat handily.
  • transitive verb. To handle or treat roughly, causing damage.
  • transitive verb. To split (wood) with a maul and wedge.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A heavy wooden hammer or mallet; a kind of beetle; a mall.
  • noun. A moth.
  • noun. The common mallow of Great Britain, Malva sylvestris.
  • To beat and bruise with a maul, or as if with, a maul; disfigure by beating.
  • To do injury to, especially gross injury, in any way.
  • To split with wedges and a maul or mallet.
  • noun. Specifically In well-boring, a heavy block of wood used like the ram of a pile-driver to drive pipe into the ground for water or preliminary to boring in the rock below.
  • noun. Same as mold, n.
  • noun. Clayey, sticky soil.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.
  • transitive verb. To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.
  • transitive verb. To injure greatly; to do much harm to.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into it, or in combat.
  • noun. 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.
  • verb. To handle someone or something in a rough way.
  • verb. To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually by an animal).
  • verb. To criticise harshly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
  • verb. split (wood) with a maul and wedges
  • verb. injure badly by beating
  • Word Usage
    ""It's no secret our maul was a good weapon for us last year but going through a Premiership season just kicking and mauling is not necessarily possible," Hayes said."
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    Form
    mauled  mauling  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ball  Fall  Gaul  Hall  Montreal  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abrade  abuse  assault  attack  bang  
    variant
    mall  
    verb-form
    mauled  mauling  mauls