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What (who) is maul - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Maul (disambiguation)
maul
TYPE OF SHOTGUN
Multi-shot Accessory Underbarrel Launcher; MAUL; MAUL (weapon)
(mauls, mauling, mauled)
If you are mauled by an animal, you are violently attacked by it and badly injured.
He had been mauled by a bear...
The dog went berserk and mauled one of the girls.
= savage
VERB: be V-ed by n, V n
maul
TYPE OF SHOTGUN
Multi-shot Accessory Underbarrel Launcher; MAUL; MAUL (weapon)
¦ verb
1. (of an animal) wound by scratching and tearing.
handle or treat savagely or roughly.
2. Rugby Union take part in a maul.
¦ noun
1. Rugby Union a loose scrum formed around a player with the ball off the ground. Compare with ruck1.
2. another term for beetle2 (in sense 1).
Derivatives
mauler noun
Origin
ME (in the senses 'hammer' and 'strike with a heavy weapon'): from OFr. mail, from L. malleus 'hammer'.
Maul
TYPE OF SHOTGUN
Multi-shot Accessory Underbarrel Launcher; MAUL; MAUL (weapon)
·noun A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.
II. Maul ·vt To injure greatly; to do much harm to.
III. Maul ·vt To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.
Wikipedia
Maul
A maul may refer to any number of large hammers, including:
- War hammer, a medieval weapon
- Post maul, a type of sledgehammer
- Spike maul, railroad hand tool
- Splitting maul, heavy wood-splitting tool resembling both axe and hammer
Examples of use of maul
1. But it took no notice and continued to maul the retired labourer‘s face and hands.
2. Drunk people succeeding in blagging 17 extra people into a wake, despite one of them being dressed as Darth Maul.
3. "When the tiger saw the officers approaching, it went back on top and continued to maul him," said Sergeant Steve Mannina.
4. Lock Jason Eaton also scored a try from a magnificent 25–meter rolling maul while Daniel Carter added 1' points from his boot.
5. DENVER –– Police and zoo officials were investigating what led a 140–pound jaguar to maul a zookeeper to death in the doorway of its exhibit.