muller
To destroy; to ruin, to wreckTo destroy (something); to ruin, to wreck.
Meaning
5 senses(UK, slang, transitive)To destroy (something); to ruin, to wreck.
(UK, slang, transitive)To beat or thrash (someone).
(UK, often, slang, transitive)To utterly defeat or outplay (a sportsperson, a team, etc.); to destroy, to thrash, to trounce.
(colloquial, obsolete, rare, transitive)To grind up (something) into, or as if into, powder.
(UK, obsolete, slang, transitive)To cut down or reduce the height of (a top hat).
Origin
The noun is derived from Late Middle English molour, moler; further origin uncertain, possThe noun is derived from Late Middle English molour, moler; further origin uncertain, possibly:
Probably from Angloromani mul-, the preterite stem of mer- (“to die”) (compare mullered, mullo (“dead”, adjective); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die; to disappear”)) + English -er (suffix forming frequentative verbs).
Borrowed from German Müller, the surname of Franz Müller (1840–1864), a German tailor who was convicted and hanged for the robbery and murder of Thomas Briggs, a British banker, on a train. Müller was found in possession of, among other things, Briggs’ top hat, which he had altered by reducing the height of the crown by half and resewing it to the brim.
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Forms
mullers, mullering, mullered, mulleredSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle