Dictionary Definition
muzzle
Noun
1 the open circular discharging end of a gun
[syn: gun
muzzle]
2 forward projecting part of the head of certain
animals; includes the jaws and nose
3 a leather or wire restraint that fits over an
animal's snout (especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it
from eating or biting
4 restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent
speaking or shouting [syn: gag]
Verb
1 fit with a muzzle; "muzzle the dog to prevent
it from biting strangers"
2 prevent from speaking out; "The press was
gagged" [syn: gag]
3 tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to
silence them; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a
chair" [syn: gag]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌzəl
Noun
Derived terms
- muzzle blast
- muzzle brake
- muzzle compensator
- muzzle energy
- muzzleloader
- muzzleloading
- muzzle velocity
Translations
part of animal's head
open end of a gun
- Finnish: suu
- Icelandic: byssukjaftur
device to stop an animal from biting
- ttbc Telugu:(cikkamu)చిక్కము
Verb
- To apply a muzzle
- To restrain (from speaking or acting), to reign in
Translations
to apply a muzzle
- Finnish: laittaa kuonokoppa
- Icelandic: mýla, múlbinda, setja munnkörfu á (dýr)
to restrain from speaking or acting
- Finnish: tukkia (speaking), estää (acting)
- Icelandic: þagga niður í, múlbinda
Extensive Definition
A muzzle can be:
- The snout of an animal
- Muzzle (device), a device that covers an animal's muzzle
- Muzzle (firearm), the mouth of a firearm
- Muzzle (song), a song on The Smashing Pumpkins album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness released in 1995
- Muzzle (band), a musical group based in Seattle.
muzzle in Danish: Mundkurv
muzzle in Esperanto: Muzelo
muzzle in French: museau
muzzle in Japanese: マズル
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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hopples, hush, hush-hush, hushcloth, 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, 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,
strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, strangle, stranglehold, strike dumb,
stultify, subdue, suffocate, suppress, tether, throttle, trammel, trammels, trap, trunk, truss up, visage, yap, yoke