Definition of maul Maul

/mɔˈl/ - [mol] - maul

We found 14 definitions of maul from 6 different sources.

What does maul mean?

Noun Plural: mauls
maul - a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
		sledge, sledgehammer
		hammer the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
Verb mauls, mauling, mauled
maul - injure badly by beating
		mangle
		deface, disfigure, blemish mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"
maul - split (wood) with a maul and wedges
		rive, cleave, split separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"

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maul (Noun)
A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into it, or in combat.
maul (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.
maul (Verb)
To handle someone or something in a rough way.
maul (Verb)
To savage; to cause serious physical wounds usually by an animal.
maul (Verb)
To criticise harshly.

maul (n.)
A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.
maul (v. t.)
To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.
maul (v. t.)
To injure greatly; to do much harm to.

maul
A heavy iron hammer, used for driving tree-nails or bolts; it has one end faced, and the opposite pointed, whence it is often called a pin-maul.--Top-maul is distinguished by having an iron handle, with an eye at the end, by which it is tied fast to the mast-head. It is kept aloft for driving the iron fid in or out of the top-mast.

maul
A heavy beater, or hammer, usually shod with iron, used in driving piles, etc.

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