mangle

Inflections of 'mangle' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

man•gle¹ v. [~ + object], -gled, -gling.

to injure severely or mutilate by cutting, tearing, or crushing:[usually: be + ~]mangled bodies in the wreckage.
to spoil;
ruin;
mar badly:to mangle a paper by careless editing.

man•gle¹ v.t., -gled, -gling.

to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing:The coat sleeve was mangled in the gears of the machine.
to spoil;
ruin;
mar badly:to mangle a text by careless typesetting.

Anglo-French mangler, perh. dissimilated variant of Old French mangonner to mangle; akin to mangonel
Middle English 1350–1400

man′gler, n.

maim.

man•gle² n., v., -gled, -gling.
n.

a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes, household linen, etc., by means of heated rollers.

v.t.

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mangle /ˈmæŋɡ^əl/ vb (transitive)

Etymology: 14th Century: from Norman French mangler, probably from Old French mahaignier to maimˈmangler n

mangle /ˈmæŋɡ^əl/ n

Also called: wringer a machine for pressing or drying wet textiles, clothes, etc, consisting of two heavy rollers between which the cloth is passed

vb (transitive)

Etymology: 18th Century: from Dutch mangel, ultimately from Late Latin manganum. See mangonel

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