See Also: mangle(medicine)
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mangle 1, verb(dictionary)
mangle 2, noun(dictionary)

mangle 1, verb (oh) and shy (iou)


mangle 1, verb (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: mangler, from Old French maynier; MAIM]
to damage or injure something badly by crushing or twisting it
::The trap closed round her leg, badly mangling her ankle.
to spoil something such as a speech or piece of Music, by saying or playing it badly
::The orchestra had mangled Bach's Music.
-- mangled adj [only before noun]
::the mangled remains of the aircraft

shy (iou)



shy verb2 & noun2. Chiefly colloq. L18.
[Origin unkn.]
A. verb.
verb trans. & intrans. Throw or fling (a missile) carelessly or casually, esp. at or at a particular target. L18.
Thackeray Shying at the sticks better than any man in the army. P. Matthiessen Shying quick stones to keep the beasts in line.
verb trans. fig. Produce, deliver, or discard carelessly or casually. E19.
Sir W. Scott I cannot keep up with the world without shying a letter now and then.
b. noun.
A quick or casual throw, esp. at a particular target. L18.
COCONUT shy.
Dickens Jack-in-the-boxthree shies a penny.
b. A point scored in the Eton College wall game. M19.
fig.
a. An attempt, a try. E19.
C. Gibbon Have a shy at putting the case..to me.
b. A sarcastic usu. verbal attack. M19.
Thackeray You are always having a shy at Lady Ann and her relations.