mangle

(Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
2. (transitive) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.

Noun

1. A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
2. The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.

Noun

1. (Caribbean, US) Synonym of mangrove.
2. (Caribbean, US) Synonym of mangrove.
3. (Caribbean, US) Synonym of mangrove.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈmæŋ.ɡəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English mangelen, manglen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, mahangler, frequentative of either Old French mangonner (“to cut to pieces”) or mahaigner (“to mutilate”), of Germanic origin, for which see mayhem.
Alternate etymology derives mangle from Middle English *mankelen, a frequentative form of manken (“to mutilate”), from Old English *mancian, bemancian (“to maim”). More at mank.

Sinonieme

mutilate

ruin

spoil

tear

murder

maim

lacerate

destroy

wringer

hew

wring

maul

hack

rolling press

calender

chop

chop down

chop up

contort

crush

cut up

injure

mince

slash

sprain

tatter

torn

twist

warp

wrench

🔧

wrest

wrick

iron

deform

lack

liquidizer

lop

damage

manhandle

mar

mash

cut

blast

corrupt

compressor

pollute

press

rend

rip

roller