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- Dictionarymauling/ˈmôliNG/
noun
- 1. an attack by an animal causing serious injury: "increased incidences of grizzly bear maulings"
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The meaning of MAUL is a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges; also : a tool like a sledgehammer with one wedge-shaped end that is used to split wood. How to use maul in a sentence.
noun [ S or U ] uk / ˈmɔː.lɪŋ / us / ˈmɑː.lɪŋ / Add to word list. severe criticism of someone or something: Her latest novel got a real mauling in the review that I read. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Disapproving & criticizing. anathematize. animadversion. aspersion. aw. backbite. barrel. bash. belabour. boo. disapprobation.
1. an instance of being criticized, or the act of criticizing. I suffered a mauling at the hands of the American press. 2. an instance of being seriously injured or damaged, or the act of seriously injuring or damaging. The squadron only narrowly escaped a mauling by an Albatros Jasta. 3. sport.
1. an instance of being criticized, or the act of criticizing. 2. an instance of being seriously injured or damaged, or the act of seriously injuring or damaging. 3. (General Sporting Terms) sport the act of defeating easily, or an instance of defeating or being defeated easily.
serious and public criticism, especially of a play, film, etc. The play received a mauling from the critics. a severe defeat. They face a mauling by last year's winners. Check pronunciation: mauling. Definition of mauling noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
severe criticism of someone or something: Her latest novel got a real mauling in the review that I read. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Disapproving & criticizing. anathematize. animadversion. aspersion. aw. backbite. barrel. boo. criticism. disapprobation. excoriate. fulminate. mordancy. nitpicker. not hold with something. obloquy.
noun [ C ] uk / mɔːl / us / mɑːl / [ C ] sports specialized. a group of players in rugby who are all together around a player with the ball off the ground: Hill scored a try after ripping the ball out of a maul.
Definition of maul verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to handle or use roughly: The gang was mauling her in the parking lot. to injure by rough treatment: The lion tamer was mauled by one of the lions. maul•er , n.
1. an instance of being criticized, or the act of criticizing. I suffered a mauling at the hands of the American press. 2. an instance of being seriously injured or damaged, or the act of seriously injuring or damaging. The squadron only narrowly escaped a mauling by an Albatros Jasta. 3. sport.
