maul
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Is maul a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of maul?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (rugby) 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.
verb (English)
1. (usually of an animal) To savage; to cause serious physical wounds.Examples: "The bear mauled him in a terrible way."; "The embattled heavy cruiser is not in immediate danger of sinking, but is being badly mauled."; "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."Synonyms: harm, wound, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify, dereusually
2. (figuratively) To criticise harshly.Examples: "The latest film by the Cohen brothers was mauled by the press, and was a box-office flop to boot."Synonyms: castigate, excoriate, animadvert, admonish, bash, bawl out, blast, derogatefiguratively
3. (transitive) To beat with a maul.transitive
4. (sex, slang) To play rough, to fondle intensively.Examples: "28 year old big, burly, bearded grizzly looking for other bears to maul me! Facial/body hair, brains a plus!"slang
Definition source: Wiktionary