mangle
v. crush, disfigure, mutilate; ruin, destroy; smooth and flatten with a mangle n. mechanical device with large heated rollers which smooth and flatten linens | ||||
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Mangle Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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mangle
Used similarly to mung or scribble, but more violent in its connotations; something that is mangled has been irreversibly and totally trashed.
Used similarly to mung or scribble, but more violent in its connotations; something that is mangled has been irreversibly and totally trashed.
| Jargon File |
mangle
vt. 1. Used similarly to mung or scribble, but more violent in its connotations; something that is mangled has been irreversibly and totally trashed. 2. To produce the mangled name corresponding to a C++ declaration.
vt. 1. Used similarly to mung or scribble, but more violent in its connotations; something that is mangled has been irreversibly and totally trashed. 2. To produce the mangled name corresponding to a C++ declaration.
Mangle Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Mangle
(v. t.)
To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or pertaining; as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation.
(v. t.)
To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate.
(n.)
To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth.
(n.)
A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets, tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure.
(v. t.)
To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or pertaining; as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation.
(v. t.)
To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate.
(n.)
To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth.
(n.)
A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets, tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure.
| WordNet 2.0 |
mangle
Noun
1. clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers
(hypernym) clothes dryer, clothes drier
Verb
1. press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"
(hypernym) iron, iron out
2. injure badly by beating
(synonym) maul
(hypernym) deface, disfigure, blemish
(entail) mutilate, mar
(derivation) mutilator, maimer, mangler
3. alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"
(synonym) mutilate, murder
(hypernym) falsify, distort, garble, warp
4. destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"
(synonym) mutilate, cut up
(hypernym) damage
(hyponym) deface
(derivation) mutilator, maimer, mangler
Noun
1. clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers
(hypernym) clothes dryer, clothes drier
Verb
1. press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"
(hypernym) iron, iron out
2. injure badly by beating
(synonym) maul
(hypernym) deface, disfigure, blemish
(entail) mutilate, mar
(derivation) mutilator, maimer, mangler
3. alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"
(synonym) mutilate, murder
(hypernym) falsify, distort, garble, warp
4. destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"
(synonym) mutilate, cut up
(hypernym) damage
(hyponym) deface
(derivation) mutilator, maimer, mangler
| Australian Slang |
Mangle
destroy or ruin: "It's mangled your surfing"
destroy or ruin: "It's mangled your surfing"
| Anagram |
mangle
mangel
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| hEnglish - advanced version |
mangle
mangle
rack. (mach.) see under mangle, n...
see rack
mangle
rack (mach.), a contrivance for converting continuous circular motion into reciprocating rectilinear motion, by means of a rack and pinion, as in the mangle. the pinion is held to the rack by a groove in such a manner that it passes alternately from one side of the rack to the other, and thus gives motion to it in opposite directions, according to the side in which its teeth are engaged...
see mangle
similar words(4)
mangle rack
rhizophora mangle
mingle-mangle
mangle wheel
mangle
rack. (mach.) see under mangle, n...
see rack
mangle
rack (mach.), a contrivance for converting continuous circular motion into reciprocating rectilinear motion, by means of a rack and pinion, as in the mangle. the pinion is held to the rack by a groove in such a manner that it passes alternately from one side of the rack to the other, and thus gives motion to it in opposite directions, according to the side in which its teeth are engaged...
see mangle
similar words(4)
mangle rack
rhizophora mangle
mingle-mangle
mangle wheel
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
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| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Erthrychu
Erthrychu = v. to mangle
Erthrychu = v. to mangle
Llurgunio
Llurgunio = v. to mangle
Mangle Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
mangle imperfect
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Mangle Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Mangle
Mangle can refer to:
- Mangle (machine), a mechanical laundry aid consisting of two rollers
- Mangled packet, in computing
- Mangrove, woody trees or shrubs
- Name mangling, in computing
- A verb meaning to wreck or obliterate
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