Definition of mauls Mauls
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What does mauls mean?
Wiktionary 
- mauls (Noun)
Plural of maul.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: mauls |
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| 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" | ||
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| 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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Wiktionary
- 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.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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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.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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maul
A heavy beater, or hammer, usually shod with iron, used in driving piles, etc.
