mangle
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transitive verb \ˈmaŋ-gəl\man·gledman·gling \-g(ə-)liŋ\
Definition of MANGLE
1
: to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing <people … mangled by sharks — V. G. Heiser>
2
: to spoil, injure, or make incoherent especially through ineptitude <a story mangled beyond recognition>
— man·gler \-g(ə-)lər\ noun
Origin of MANGLE
Middle English, from Anglo-French mangler, mahangler, perhaps from mahaigner to maim — more at mayhem
First Known Use: 15th century
2mangle
nounDefinition of MANGLE
: a machine for ironing laundry by passing it between heated rollers
See Origin of MANGLE
Dutch mangel, from German, from Middle High German, diminutive of mange mangonel, mangle, from Latin manganum
First Known Use: 1696
3mangle
transitive verbman·gledman·gling \-g(ə-)liŋ\
Definition of MANGLE
: to press or smooth (as damp linen) with a mangle
— man·gler \-g(ə-)lər\ noun
First Known Use of MANGLE
circa 1775
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