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maul
English
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): /m??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
- 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
See also
- ruck
- scrum
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).
- (figuratively) To criticise harshly.
- (transitive) To beat with the heavy hammer called a maul.
Translations
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
- “maul” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [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
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cudgel
English
Etymology
From Middle English kuggel, from Old English cy??el (“a large stick, cudgel”), from Proto-Germanic *kuggilaz (“knobbed instrument”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *kugg? (“cog, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewg?- (“swelling, bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew-, *g?- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”), equivalent to cog +? -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch coghele (“stick with a rounded end”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?d??l/
- Rhymes: -?d??l
Noun
cudgel (plural cudgels)
- A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
- (figuratively) Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another.
Translations
Verb
cudgel (third-person singular simple present cudgels, present participle (US) cudgeling or (Commonwealth) cudgelling, simple past and past participle (US) cudgeled or (Commonwealth) cudgelled)
- To strike with a cudgel.
- 1950, Jack Vance, Dying Earth, "Mazirian the Magician"
- Aboard the barge and so off the trail, the blessing lost its puissance and the barge-tender, who coveted Guyal's rich accoutrements, sought to cudgel him with a knoblolly.
- 1950, Jack Vance, Dying Earth, "Mazirian the Magician"
- To exercise (one's wits or brains).
Translations
See also
- club
- singlestick
Further reading
- club (weapon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- cludge
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