1. mauling - Noun
2. mauling - Verb
of Maul
A severe beating with a stick, cudgel, or the fist.
Source: Webster's dictionaryUndeniably handsome, Martin has a floppy, slightly fey quality that leaves women feeling divided between mauling and mothering him. source. Chris Martin
E.D. Smith, p.154 The German 1st Parachute Division had taken a mauling, but had held. Source: Internet
Being able to run your tweezers down the whole length of the fish and get a clean pull of every pin bone without mauling the flesh is a mile marker in a cook’s career. Source: Internet
Horn, who suffered a stroke and partial paralysis when the animal dragged him off stage, always insisted the mauling was not the fault of the white Siberan tiger Mantecore. Source: Internet
Following a mauling at the hands of Man City last Wednesday, hopes were high Arsenal could quickly bounce back. Source: Internet
In François Clouet 's Bath of Diana (1558-59) Actaeon's passing on horseback at left and mauling as a stag at right is incidental to the three female nudes. Source: Internet