mangle: Meaning and Definition of

man•gle

1. to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing: The coat sleeve was mangled in the gears of the machine.
2. to spoil; ruin; mar badly: to mangle a text by careless typesetting.

man•gle

1. a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes, household linen, etc., by means of heated rollers.

1. to smooth or press with a mangle.
2. to squeeze (metal plates) between rollers.