MANGLE


Meaning of MANGLE in English

v.tr. 1 hack, cut about, or mutilate by blows etc. 2 spoil (a quotation, text, etc.) by misquoting, mispronouncing, etc. 3 cut roughly so as to disfigure. mangler n.

[ AF ma(ha)ngler, app. frequent. of mahaignier MAIM ]

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