English Dictionary
◊ MANGLE
mangle
n : a machine for drying and ironing laundry by passing it
between two heavy heated rollers
v 1: press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"
2: injure badly by beating [syn: {maul}]
3: "The tourists murdered the French language" [syn: {mutilate},
{murder}]
4: destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"
[syn: {mutilate}, {disfigure}, {cut up}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ MANGLE
mangle
Used similarly to {mung} or {scribble}, but more violent
in its connotations; something that is mangled has been
irreversibly and totally trashed.