mangler

man·gle ¹  (mnggl)

tr.v. man·gled, man·gling, man·gles

1. To mutilate or disfigure by battering, hacking, cutting, or tearing. See Synonyms at batter¹.

2. To ruin or spoil through ineptitude or ignorance: mangle a speech.

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[Middle English manglen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, frequentative of Old French mangoner, to cut to bits; possibly akin to mahaignier, to maim; see mayhem.]

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mangler n.

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man·gle ²  (mnggl)

n.

1. A machine for pressing fabrics by means of heated rollers.

2. Chiefly British A clothes wringer.

tr.v. man·gled, man·gling, man·gles

To press with a mangle.

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[Dutch mangel, from German, from Middle High German, diminutive of mange, mangonel, from Late Latin manganum, catapult; see mangonel.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mangler - a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples maimer, mutilator individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

Translations

mangler

n → Hackmaschine f, → Fleischwolf m; (fig: person) → Verstümmler(in) m(f)