From Middle English malle (“mace, maul”), from Anglo-Norman mail, from Old French mail, from Latin malleus (“hammer”). Doublet of malleus.
Meanings
A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
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.
From Middle English malle (“mace, maul”), from Anglo-Norman mail, from Old French mail, from Latin malleus (“hammer”). Doublet of malleus.
Meanings
To handle someone or something in a rough way.
(of an animal, usually) To savage; to cause serious physical wounds.
A tiger handler who had acquired some of his tigers from the zoo owner known as Joe Exotic was fatally mauled on Saturday by a tiger at his family-run zoo in southeastern Oklahoma, the authorities said. 2025 September 22, Michael Levenson, “Tiger Handler Linked to Joe Exotic Is Fatally Mauled by Tiger”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
The bear mauled him in a terrible way.
The embattled heavy cruiser is not in immediate danger of sinking, but is being badly mauled. 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 26:02 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
(figuratively) To criticise harshly.
The latest film by the Cohen brothers was mauled by the press, and was a box-office flop to boot.
(transitive) To beat with a maul.
(slang) To play rough, to fondle intensively.
28 year old big, burly, bearded grizzly looking for other bears to maul me! Facial/body hair, brains a plus! 1990 January 21, “Fuck Buddy/ies wanted”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 27, Personals, page 13:
fi runnoa (handle in a rough way) · hu marcangol (savage) · it strapazzare (to criticise rudely) · th ตะครุบ (savage) · it sbranare (savage) · ru растерза́ть (savage) · mi tūkarikari (handle in a rough way) · pt malhar (to criticise rudely) · fi runnella (savage) · pt malhar (savage) · bg наранявам (savage) · ro abuza (handle in a rough way) · mi maukino (savage) · ru кале́чить (savage) · sq me ul (to criticise rudely) · fi ruhjoa (handle in a rough way) · mi tūkino (savage) · ru терза́ть (handle in a rough way) · fi pahoinpidellä (savage) · nl mishandelen (handle in a rough way) · bg отнасям се грубо (handle in a rough way) · cmn 傷害 /伤害 (savage) · ru покале́чить (savage) · ru истяза́ть (handle in a rough way) · de anmotzen (to criticise rudely) · ro maltrata (handle in a rough way) · cs ztrhat (to criticise rudely) · th ขย้ำ (savage) · cs potrhat (savage) · fr maltraiter (handle in a rough way) · fi rusikoida (savage) · de übel zurichten (savage) · fi murjoa (handle in a rough way) · nl toetakelen (savage) · es tarazar (savage) · ja 殴る (savage) · fi runnella (handle in a rough way) · cs hrubě zacházet (handle in a rough way) · fi pahoinpidellä (handle in a rough way) · mi tunuhuruhuru (savage) · fr casser du sucre sur le dos de (to criticise rudely) · pt maltratar (handle in a rough way) · fi lytätä (to criticise rudely) · ro sfârteca (savage) · ru му́чить (handle in a rough way) · nl toetakelen (handle in a rough way) · fi vahingoittaa pahasti (handle in a rough way) · ro sfâșia (savage) · fi rusikoida (handle in a rough way) · fi murskata (to criticise rudely) · mi haukeke (handle in a rough way) · de rücksichtslos anfassen (handle in a rough way) · pt maltratar (to criticise rudely) · lo ຕີ (savage) · bg мачкам (savage) · gd slac (handle in a rough way) · de misshandeln (handle in a rough way) · fr amocher (savage) · es maltratar (handle in a rough way) · cmn 毆打 /殴打 (savage) · de zerfleischen (savage) · fi raadella (savage) · ru искале́чить (savage) · pl rozszarpać (savage)