Dictionary definition · mangle
noun
- clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers
verb
- press with a mangle"mangle the sheets"
- injure badly by beating
- alter so as to make unrecognizable"The tourists murdered the French language"
- damage or injure severely"The madman mutilates art work"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).