maul, sledge, sledgehammer
(noun) a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
maul, mangle
(verb) injure badly by beating
maul
(verb) split (wood) with a maul and wedges
Source: WordNet® 3.1
maul (plural mauls)
A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
(rugby) 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.
• (weapon): club, mace
• (long-handled hammer): post maul, spike maul, splitting maul
• (rugby): rolling maul
maul (third-person singular simple present mauls, present participle mauling, simple past and past participle mauled)
To handle someone or something in a rough way.
To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal).
(figuratively) To criticise harshly.
(transitive) To beat with the heavy hammer called a maul.
• Lamu, alum, luma, malu, mula
Source: Wiktionary
Maul, n. Etym: [See Mall a hammer.]
Definition: A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also mall.]
Maul, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mauled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mauling.]
1. To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner. Meek modern faith to murder, hack, and maul. Pope.
2. To injure greatly; to do much harm to. It mauls not only the person misrepreseted, but him also to whom he is misrepresented. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
