maul

See also: Maul

English

A maul.

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/
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Rhymes: -ɔːl
Homophone: mall (one pronunciation)
Homophone: moll (some accents)

Noun

maul (plural mauls)

A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
(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.

Synonyms

(weapon): club, mace

Hyponyms

(long-handled hammer): post maul, spike maul, splitting maul
(rugby): rolling maul

Translations

heavy, long-handled hammer

Bashkir: балға (balğa), сүкеш (sükeş)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大錘／大锤 (zh) (dàchuí)
Czech: kalač m
Dutch: kloofbijl f
Finnish: moukari (fi), leka (fi)
French: merlin (fr) m
Galician: marra f
German: Spalthammer m
Irish: smíste m
Italian: maglio (it) m, mazza (it) f
Latvian: veseris m
Lithuanian: kovos kūjis
Maori: tā
Persian: پلوک‎ (fa) (paluk)
Portuguese: malho (pt) m, marreta (pt) f
Russian: кува́лда (ru) f (kuválda), колун (ru) m (kolun)
Spanish: mandarria (es) f, mallo (es) m
Swedish: släggyxa c

rugby

Bulgarian: меле (bg) n (mele)
Catalan: mol (ca) m
Irish: crág f
Maori: mōro, ketuketunga
Russian: схва́тка (за мяч) f (sxvátka (za mjač))
Swedish: mörbulta (sv)

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.
To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal).
The bear mauled him in a terrible way.
- 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?‎, archived from the original on 3 November 2022, retrieved 5 November 2022, 26:02 from the start:
  The embattled heavy cruiser is not in immediate danger of sinking, but is being badly mauled.
(figuratively) To criticise harshly.
The latest film by the Cohen brothers was mauled by the press, and was a box-office flop to boot.
(transitive) To beat with a maul.

Translations

handle in a rough way

Bulgarian: отнасям се грубо (otnasjam se grubo)
Czech: hrubě (cs) zacházet
Dutch: mishandelen (nl)
Finnish: vahingoittaa pahasti, murjoa (fi), pahoinpidellä (fi)
French: maltraiter (fr)
German: rücksichtslos anfassen, misshandeln (de)
Maori: haukeke, tūkarikari
Portuguese: maltratar (pt)
Russian: терза́ть (ru) impf (terzátʹ), истяза́ть (ru) impf (istjazátʹ), му́чить (ru) impf (múčitʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: slac
Spanish: maltratar (es)

savage

Bulgarian: мачкам (bg) (mačkam), наранявам (bg) (naranjavam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 毆打／殴打 (zh) (ōudǎ), 傷害／伤害 (zh) (shānghài)
Czech: potrhat
Dutch: toetakelen (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: raadella (fi), pahoinpidellä (fi)
French: amocher (fr)
German: zerfleischen (de), übel zurichten
Hungarian: marcangol (hu)
Italian: sbranare (it)
Japanese: 殴る (ja) (naguru)
Lao: ຕີ (tī)
Maori: maukino, tūkino, tunuhuruhuru
Portuguese: malhar (pt)
Russian: кале́чить (ru) impf (kaléčitʹ), покале́чить (ru) pf (pokaléčitʹ), искале́чить (ru) pf (iskaléčitʹ), растерза́ть (ru) pf (rasterzátʹ)

to criticise rudely

Czech: ztrhat
French: casser du sucre sur le dos de (fr)
German: anmotzen
Italian: strapazzare (it)
Portuguese: maltratar (pt), malhar (pt)

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Translations to be checked

Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} maltractar

Related terms

mall
mallet

References

maul at OneLook Dictionary Search
maul in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

Lamu, alum, luma, malu, mula

Cimbrian

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