muzzle
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muzzle
- /ˈmʌzəl/
Rhymes with -ʌzəl
Where it comes from
From earlier muzle, musle, mousle, mussel, mozell, from Middle English mosel, from Old French musel, museau, muzeau (modern French museau), from Late Latin mūsus (“snout”), probably expressive of the shape of protruded lips and/or influenced by Latin mūgīre (“to moo, bellow”). Doublet of museau. Displaced native Middle English kevel from Old English cæfl (“gag, bit, muzzle”), see English cavel.
noun muzzles
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The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws.
The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes, / The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes, […]
Similar: snout
- A person's mouth.
- A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.
- The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from.
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A piece of the forward end of the plow-beam by which the traces are attached.
Similar: bridle
- An openwork covering for the nose, used for the defense of the horse, and forming part of the bards in the 15th and 16th centuries.
verb muzzles · muzzling · muzzled
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To bind or confine an animal's mouth by putting a muzzle, as to prevent it from eating or biting.
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Similar: bemuzzle
- To restrain (from speaking, expressing opinion or acting); to gag; to silence; to censor. Those who want to muzzle everyone else are likely nothing less than pseudovirtuous.
- To veil, mask, muffle.
- To fondle with the closed mouth; to nuzzle. Venus her self would sit Muzzling and Gazing them in the Eyes
- To bring the muzzle or mouth near. The Bear comes directly up to him, Muzzles and Smells to him.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gag, gunpoint, gun muzzle, nose, mouth, face, snout, hot, hottie, kisser, shiner, barrel, gun, cannon, suppress, curb
Translations
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noun part of animal's head
| Español | hocico |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 鼻面 hanazura |
| 中文 | 口吻 kǒuwěn |
| Português | focinho |
| Français | museau |
| Deutsch | Schnauze, Nüster |
| Italiano | muso |
| Ελληνικά | ρύγχος rýnchos |
| Română | bot |
| Русский | мо́рда mórda, ры́ло rýlo |
| Tiếng Việt | mõm |
| العربية | خَطْم ḵaṭm |
| עברית | חַרְטוֹם ẖartóm |
noun device to stop an animal from biting
| Español | bozal |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 口輪 kuchiwa |
| 中文 | 口絡 /口络 kǒuluò |
| Português | focinheira, açaime, açaimo |
| Français | muselière |
| Deutsch | Maulkorb |
| Italiano | museruola, mordacchia |
| Ελληνικά | φίμωτρο fímotro |
| Русский | намо́рдник namórdnik |
| Tiếng Việt | rọ mõm |
| العربية | خِطَام ḵiṭām, كِمَامَة kimāma |
| עברית | מַחְסוֹם maẖsóm, זְמָם zmám |
noun open end of a gun
| Español | boca |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 銃口 jūkō |
| 中文 | 槍口 /枪口 qiāngkǒu |
| Português | cano |
| Deutsch | Mündung |
| Italiano | avancarica |
| Română | gură |
| Русский | ду́ло dúlo, жерло́ žerló |
| עברית | לֹעַ lóa' |
verb to apply a muzzle
| Español | amordazar |
|---|---|
| Português | amordaçar |
| Français | museler |
| Italiano | mettere la museruola |
verb to restrain from speaking or acting
| Español | amordazar, censurar, atar, limitar |
|---|---|
| Português | amordaçar |
| Français | museler |
| Deutsch | jemandem einen Maulkorb verpassen |
| Italiano | imbavagliare, mettere a tacere |
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