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maul
[ mawl ]
noun
- a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- Archaic. a heavy club or mace.
verb (used with object)
- to handle or use roughly:
The book was badly mauled by its borrowers.
- to injure by a rough beating, shoving, or the like; bruise:
to be mauled by an angry crowd.
- to split with a maul and wedge, as a wooden rail.
maul
/ ɔː /
verb
- to handle clumsily; paw
- to batter or lacerate
noun
- a heavy two-handed hammer suitable for driving piles, wedges, etc
- rugby a loose scrum that forms around a player who is holding the ball and on his feet
Derived Forms
- ˈܱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܱ· noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of maul1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of maul1
Example Sentences
Scotland scored their first try against England since 2023 from a powerful maul drive on Saturday, with Mitchell also unhappy about his side's set-piece.
Player of the match MacDonald raced clear down the wing for her second try early in the second half, before Lisa Thomson finally got Scotland on the board with a try from a rolling maul.
Matthew, as his own son Trev would later reflect, had always “felt mauled by Aldous and burdened by his massive family legacy,” as he said in a video interview in December, 2023.
Home captain Julien Marchand reached out to ground the ball from close range after another dominant rolling maul and the game seemed to be slipping away from the Premiership side.
An initial push from a line-out maul was repelled by the home defence, but when the ball was recycled, Cracknell was able to burrow under the bodies to score.
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