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Mangle (disambiguation)

mangle

Used similarly to mung or scribble, but more violent in its connotations; something that is mangled has been irreversibly and totally trashed.

Mangle

·noun To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth.

II. Mangle ·vt To mutilate or injure, in making, doing, or pertaining; as, to mangle a piece of music or a recitation.

III. Mangle ·noun A machine for smoothing linen or cotton cloth, as sheets, tablecloths, napkins, and clothing, by roller pressure.

IV. Mangle ·vt 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.

mangle

v. a.

Lacerate, hack, tear (in cutting), mutilate.

Mutilate, mar, destroy, spoil, maim.

Polish, smooth, calender, press with a mangle.

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Mangle

Mangle can refer to:

Mangle (machine), a mechanical laundry aid consisting of two rollers
Box mangle, an earlier laundry mangle using rollers and a heavy weight
Mangled packet, in computing
Mangrove, woody trees or shrubs
Name mangling, in computing
Mangle, an animatronic from Five Nights at Freddy's 2

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Pronunciation examples for Mangle

1. will mangle you up.

Seed Life Skills _ Hugh Acheson _ Talks at Google

2. it mangles the bodies beyond all recognition.

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3. Another quote which I will mangle and fail to attribute,

The Magicians Trilogy _ Lev Grossman _ Talks at Google

4. I'm going to maybe mangle the headline a bit,

com _ Ezra Klein _ Talks at Google

5. He loved to mangle my foreign last name

Romantic Violence, Memoirs of an American Skinhead _ Christian Picciolini _ Talks at Google

Examples of use of Mangle

1. Terrorists try to mangle people in their bombings so that they can mangle ideas in the aftermath.

2. The replicant kings are trying to mangle our minds.

3. But we can‘t mangle the Constitution in the process.

4. At least their speeches would be easier on the ear than those who mangle the language.

5. If you put Trollope through this ideological mangle, does he come out Trollope the other side?