Definitions for maul

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Spelling: [mawl]

IPA: /mɔl/

Maul is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in maul (almu).

Definitions for maul

noun

1. a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
2. Archaic. a heavy club or mace.

verb (used with object)

1. to handle or use roughly:
2. to injure by a rough beating, shoving, or the like; bruise:
3. to split with a maul and wedge, as a wooden rail.

Origin of maul

1200-50; (noun) Middle English malle Old French mail mallet, hammer Latin malleus hammer; (v.) Middle English mallen Old French maillier, derivative of noun

Examples for maul

Is it because he's twice as small As you, just right for you to maul?

maul him, and send him back to Stanley Junction as a lesson to the others.

It was at last young maul's time to speak and he arose, slightly nervous.

By gracious, I feel that if some one would plow for me I'd let him maul me until he got tired.

Would you have had the courage to swing the maul for the first blow if you had seen that bulkhead?

I met him with a maul, and parried his blow, or I should have then lost my life.

With a lot of forethought, he wields an 8-pound maul through timber.

Do you think the first tiger I see will get into my howdah and maul me?

A smart rap on the head with the maul and he came into the dory quietly.

And, so saying, I picked up the maul and walked out of the building.