man´gler

man|gle¹ «MANG guhl», transitive verb, -gled, -gling.

1. to cut or tear (the flesh) roughly: »

The two cats bit and clawed until both were much mangled.

SYNONYM(S): lacerate, mutilate.

2. Figurative. to spoil; ruin: »

The child mangled the music because it was too difficult for her to play. My mangled youth lies dead beneath the heap (Francis Thompson).

╂[< Anglo-French mangler, perhaps < mahangler (frequentative) < Old French mahaigner to maim < mahaigne injury]

–man´gler, noun.

man|gle² «MANG guhl», noun, verb, -gled, -gling.

–n.

a machine with rollers for pressing and smoothing sheets, towels, and other flat things after washing.

–v.t.

to press or make smooth in a mangle.

╂[< Dutch mangel < Middle Dutch mange < Late Latin manganum < Greek mánganon contrivance]

–man´gler, noun.