Definitions for maul
mɔlmaul

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. maul, sledge, sledgehammerverb

   a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

2. maulverb

   split (wood) with a maul and wedges

3. maul, mangleverb

   injure badly by beating

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. maulnoun

   A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into it, or in combat.

2. maulnoun

   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.

3. maulverb

   To handle someone or something in a rough way.

4. maulverb

   To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually by an animal).

   The bear mauled him in a terrible way.

5. maulverb

   To criticise harshly.

6. Etymology: malle, from mail, from mail, from malleus

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Maulnoun

   A heavy hammer.

   Etymology: malleus, Latin.

   A man that beareth false witness is a maul, a sword, and sharp arrow. Prov. xxv. 18.

2. To Maulverb

   To beat; to bruise; to hurt in coarse or butcherly manner.

   Etymology: from malleus, Latin.

   Will he who saw the soldier’s mutton fist,
   And saw thee maul’d, appear within the list,
   To witness truth? John Dryden, Juvenal.

   Once ev’ry week poor Hannibal is maul’d,
   The theme is given, and strait the council’s call’d,
   Whether he should to Rome directly go. John Dryden, Juv.

   I had some repute for prose;
   And, till they drove me out of date,
   Could maul a minister of state. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

   But fate with butchers plac’d thy priestly stall,
   Meek modern faith to murder, hack and maul. Alexander Pope.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. maul

   The Multi-shot Accessory Underbarrel Launcher, or MAUL, is a combat shotgun designed by defunct Brisbane-based company Metal Storm.

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1. maul

   A maul is a heavy, long-handled hammer used for splitting logs or driving in stakes. Alternatively, in a more figurative context, to maul something can mean to handle it roughly or clumsily, or to savage (an animal) by scratching and tearing.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Maulnoun

   a heavy wooden hammer or beetle

2. Maulverb

   to beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner

3. Maulverb

   to injure greatly; to do much harm to

4. Etymology: [See Mall a hammer.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Maul

   mawl, v.t. to beat with a mall or a heavy stick: to injure greatly by beating.—n. a heavy wooden hammer: a struggle for the ball in football, when it has been carried across the goal-line, but has not yet been touched down. [Mall.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. maul

   A heavy iron hammer, used for driving tree-nails or bolts; it has one end faced, and the opposite pointed, whence it is often called a pin-maul.--Top-maul is distinguished by having an iron handle, with an eye at the end, by which it is tied fast to the mast-head. It is kept aloft for driving the iron fid in or out of the top-mast.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. maul

   A heavy beater, or hammer, usually shod with iron, used in driving piles, etc.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MAUL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Maul is ranked #10119 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Maul surname appeared 3,185 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Maul.
   
   83.8% or 2,670 total occurrences were White.
   8.7% or 279 total occurrences were Black.
   4.2% or 136 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.4% or 47 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 37 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 16 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Disfigure
   • Split

Anagrams for maul »

1. luma

2. alum

How to pronounce maul?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say maul in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of maul in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of maul in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of maul in a Sentence

1. Michael Leitch:

   You walk into a shop and they say hello and thank you -- just the small things here make a difference. rEAD: From tattoos to hi-tech loos, your Rugby World Cup travel guide to JapanMichael Leitch commands a Japanese maul against New Zealand in November 2018. {.

2. Star Wars:

   Heather Hrutkay posted. The grandmother can be seen swinging her Jedi weapon this way and that as she screams and dances with joy. Star Wars baddie Maul is going to get me for sure. Ahhh !

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=maul
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maul
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=maul
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maul
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maul
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=maul
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=maul
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html