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mangle

See also: Mangle and manglé

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Etymology 1

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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.

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

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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.

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mangle (plural mangles)

 
hand mangle
  2. A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.
    Synonym: mangler
  3. 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.
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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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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Spanish mangle, mangue,[1] probably from an Arawak language (such as Taíno),[2][3] or a Cariban language.[4]

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mangle (plural mangles)

  1. (chiefly Caribbean, US) Synonym of mangrove.
    1. Any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).
    2. A forest of such trees.
    3. 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.
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  1. ^ “mangle, n.2”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
  2. ^ “mangrove, n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.
  3. ^ “mangrove, n.”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  4. ^ “mangrove, n.1”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2025; “mangrove, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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    Borrowed from Spanish mangle.

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    mangle m (plural mangles)

    1. mangrove

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    Danish

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    From German mangeln (“to lack”).

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    • IPA(key): /manɡlə/, [ˈmɑŋlə]

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

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

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    Conjugation of mangle
    active passive
    present mangler mangles
    past manglede mangledes
    infinitive mangle mangles
    imperative mangl —
    participle
    present manglende
    past manglet
    (auxiliary verb have)
    gerund manglen

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    mangle f (plural mangles)

    1. mangrove (fruit)
    2. mangle (device)

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    German

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    mangle

    1. inflection of mangeln:
      1. first-person singular present
      2. singular imperative
      3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

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    Etymology

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    From German mangeln.

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

    1. to lack (something)
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    Spanish

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    From Cariban or Taíno/Arawak.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈmanɡle/ [ˈmãŋ.ɡle]
    • Rhymes: -anɡle
    • Syllabification: man‧gle

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    mangle m (plural mangles)

    1. (botany) A mangrove, any of various plants of the genus Rhizophora

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