mangle.
To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
Meaning & usage
To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
To modify (an identifier from source code) so as to produce a unique identifier for internal use by the compiler, etc.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mangelen, manglen, 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.
A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
The mangle attached to wringer washing machines, often called the wringer.
Where this word comes from
Ca. 1700, from Dutch mangel, from Early Modern German Mangel (15th c.), enhanced form (by analogy with other tool names in -el) of Middle High German mange, from Medieval Latin manga, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon). Doublet of mangonel.
To wring laundry.
Where this word comes from
Ca. 1700, from Dutch mangel, from Early Modern German Mangel (15th c.), enhanced form (by analogy with other tool names in -el) of Middle High German mange, from Medieval Latin manga, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon). Doublet of mangonel.
Synonym of mangrove. Any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).
Synonym of mangrove. A forest of such trees.
Synonym of mangrove. Preceded by a descriptive word: any of various shrubs or trees of genera other than Rhizophora which resemble plants of this genus in appearance and habitat.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Spanish mangle, mangue, probably from an Arawak language (such as Taíno), or a Cariban language.
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