Definition of Mangle

Babylon English
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

FOLDOC
mangle
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.


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.
  

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

Australian Slang
Mangle
destroy or ruin: "It's mangled your surfing"

Anagram
mangle
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hEnglish - advanced version
mangle

mangle
rack. (mach.) see under mangle, n...
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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...
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Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
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JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Erthrychu
Erthrychu = v. to mangle

Llurgunio
Llurgunio = v. to mangle


Mangle Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

English-Latin Online Dictionary
mangle imperfect
trunco


Mangle Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

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