Thursday, July 30, 2015

mall, maul

Mall or mall means a shopping center, usually confined to one large building, or a  public walk or promenade--
Let's go shopping at the mall.
They like to stroll up and down the mall when the weather is nice.

Maul or maul ( rhymes with mall ) means to injure by shoving or beating--
The keeper didn't expect the lion to maul him.

Maul may also mean a heavy hammer--
You may be able to drive these posts in with a heavy maul.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The pop star made an appearance at the mall, where his fans tried to maul him, hoping for a souvenir."

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