Maul

Portuguese Meaning

espancar

maltratar

malhar

bater em

malho

marreta

maço

macete

English Meaning

  1. A heavy, long-handled hammer used especially to drive stakes, piles, or wedges.
  2. A heavy hammer having a wedge-shaped head and used for splitting logs.
  3. Sports A play in Rugby in which a mass of players gathers around a ball carrier being tackled and attempts to gain possession of the ball when it is released.
  4. Sports The mass of players during such a play.
  5. To injure by or as if by beating: The boxer mauled the other fighter. The critics mauled the novelist's first effort. See Synonyms at batter1.
  6. To handle roughly: The package was mauled by the careless messenger.
  7. To split (wood) with a maul and wedge.