mangle

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæŋ.ɡəl/

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• Rhymes: -æŋɡəl

From Middle English mangelen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, mahangler, frequentative of either Old French mangonner (“to cut to pieces”) or mahaigner (“to mutilate”), of Germanic origin, for which see mayhem.

Alternate etymology derives mangle from Middle English *mankelen, a frequentative form of manken (“to mutilate”), from Old English mancian, bemancian (“to maim”). More at mank.

mangle (third-person singular simple present mangles, present participle mangling, simple past and past participle mangled)

1. (transitive) To change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc.
   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton

     mangled with ghastly wounds through plate and mail

   • (Can we date this quote?) Jonathan Swift

     when they are disposed to mangle a play or novel

2. (transitive, computing) To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.

From Middle Dutch mangel, from late Middle High German mangel, enhanced form of mange, originally “mangonel”, from Medieval Latin manga, manganum. Doublet of mangonel. Cognate with German Mangel, Dutch mangel, both “mangle”.

mangle (plural mangles)

hand mangle

1. A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
2. The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
   • 1993, John Banville, Ghosts

     There was a bright-red plastic baby-bath, a car tyre, a rusty mangle, and something that looked like a primitive version of a washing machine.

• put through the mangle

mangle (third-person singular simple present mangles, present participle mangling, simple past and past participle mangled)

1. (transitive, archaic) To wring laundry.

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mangle (plural mangles)

1. mangrove (tree)

• Gelman, leg man, legman, lemang, mangel

From Spanish mangle.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋ.ɡlə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaŋ.ɡle/

mangle m (plural mangles)

1. mangrove

From German mangeln (“to lack”).

• IPA^(key): /manɡlə/, [ˈmɑŋlə]

mangle (imperative mangl, infinitive at mangle, present tense mangler, past tense manglede, perfect tense er/har manglet)

1. lack
2. want
3. need
4. be missing
5. be lacking
6. be absent

mangle

1. First-person singular present of mangeln.
2. Imperative singular of mangeln.
3. First-person singular subjunctive I of mangeln.
4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of mangeln.

From German mangeln

mangle (imperative mangl or mangle, present tense mangler, simple past and past participle mangla or manglet, present participle manglende)

1. to lack (something)

• mangel

• “mangle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Galibi Carib or Taíno/Arawak

mangle m (plural mangles)

1. mangrove