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maulmaul /mɔl/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYmaulOrigin: 1300-1400 maul hammer (13-20 centuries), from Old French mail, from Latin malleus VERB TABLEmaul |
Present | I, you, we, they | maul | | he, she, it | mauls | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | mauled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have mauled | | he, she, it | has mauled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had mauled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will maul | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have mauled |
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Present | I | am mauling | | he, she, it | is mauling | | you, we, they | are mauling | Past | I, he, she, it | was mauling | | you, we, they | were mauling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been mauling | | he, she, it | has been mauling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been mauling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be mauling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been mauling |
1if an animal mauls someone, it injures him or her badly by tearing his or her flesh: A six-year-old boy was mauled by a mountain lion.2to badly defeat someone in a game or competition: Cincinnati mauled the Oilers Monday night.3to severely criticize someone or something: election ads that mauled his opponent4to touch someone in a rough sexual way |