About The Word Muzzle
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Muzzle
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What's The Definition Of Muzzle?
[n] forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose
[n] restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting [n] the open circular discharging end of a gun [v] prevent from speaking [v] fit with a muzzle, as of a dog to prevent it from biting Synonyms | Synonyms for Muzzle: gag | gag | gun muzzle Related Terms | Find terms related to Muzzle: acoustic tile | antiknock | antlia | asphyxiate | baffler | bazoo | beak | beezer | bilbo | bill | bond | bonds | bottle up | bridle | bugle | camisole | censor | chains | chaps | choke | choke off | chops | clamp down on | collar | conk | cork | cork up | countenance | crack down on | crush | cuffs | cushion | damp | damp down | dampener | damper | deflate | dial | disarm | drown | dumbfound | embouchure | enchain | extinguish | face | features | fetter | gab | gag | gob | gyves | halter | hamper | hamstring | handcuff | handcuffs | hobble | hobbles | hog-tie | hold down | hopples | hush | hushcloth | hush-hush | irons | jaw | jaws | jowls | jump on | keep down | keep under | kill | kisser | knock out | leading strings | leash | lips | manacle | mandibles | map | maw | maxilla | mouth | muffle | muffler | mug | mush | mute | nares | neb | nib | nose | nostrils | nozzle | olfactory organ | oral cavity | Oregon boat | paralyze | pecker | phiz | pillory | pour water on | premaxilla | proboscis | prostrate | puss | put down | put to silence | quash | quell | quench | quiet | quieten | quietener | reins | repress | restraint | restraints | rhinarium | rostrum | schnozzle | shackle | shush | shut down on | silence | silence cloth | silencer | sit down on | sit on | smash | smeller | smother | snoot | snout | soft pedal | soft-pedal | sordine | sordino | sound-absorbing material | soundproofing | soundproofing insulation | sourdine | squash | squelch | stanch | stifle | still | stocks | straightjacket | straitjacket | strait-waistcoat | strangle | stranglehold | strike dumb | stultify | subdue | suffocate | suppress | tether | throttle | trammel | trammels | trap | trunk | truss up | visage | yap | yoke See Also | caput | constraint | equip | face | fit | fit out | gun | gunpoint | head | hush | hush up | neb | opening | outfit | point | quieten | restraint | shut up | silence | snout | still Muzzle In Webster's Dictionary \Muz"zle\, n. [OE. mosel, OF. musel, F. museau muzzle or
snout, LL. musellus, fr. musus, morsus. See {Muse}, v. i.,
and cf. {Morsel}.]
1. The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a
horse; a snout.
2. The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge;
as, the muzzle of a gun.
3. A fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the mouth
of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting.
With golden muzzles all their mouths were bound
--Dryden.
{Muzzle sight}. (Gun.) See {Dispart}, n., 2.
\Muz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muzzled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muzzling}.] [F. museler.] 1. To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to prevent biting or eating; hence, figuratively, to bind; to sheathe; to restrain from speech or action. ``My dagger muzzled.'' --Shak. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. --Deut. xxv. 4. 2. To fondle with the closed mouth. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. \Muz"zle\, v. i. To bring the mouth or muzzle near. The bear muzzles and smels to him. --L'Estrange. |
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