mangling

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noun

An act in which something is mangled

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of mangle
nounmangling (plural manglings)

plural manglings

  1. An act in which something is mangled

    After having been an inmate of our family nine years, having suffered countless frights and manglings from the many kittens we had kept in the time, he at last died by the claws of the family cat, when released one fine afternoon for an airing, and to have his cage cleaned.

    1851, Edited by Mrs. M. H. Adams, Small Means and Great Ends
    1 more example

    That disc comes on the heels of Background Check, a compilation of oddities and rarities that includes obligatory (though still addictive) punk manglings of pop hits like "I Ran" and "I've Got the Music in Me," as well as presumably more respectable numbers like "Oh Bondage, Up Yours!" and "12XU."

    2005 April 22, Liz Armstrong, Kabir Hamid, Monica Kendrick, Peter Margasak, “The Treatment”, in Chicago Reader
Cite this entry
APA

mangling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mangling

MLA

“mangling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mangling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mangling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mangling.

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