muzzle
the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
the projecting part of the head of an animal, including jaws, mouth, and nose.
a device, usually an arrangement of straps or wires, placed over an animal's mouth to prevent the animal from biting, eating, etc.
to put a muzzle on (an animal or its mouth) so as to prevent biting, eating, etc.
to restrain from speech, the expression of opinion, etc.: The censors muzzled the press.
Nautical. to attach the cable to the stock of (an anchor) by means of a light line to permit the anchor to be pulled loose readily.
Origin of muzzle
1Other words for muzzle
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How to use muzzle in a sentence
Consider your dog When a sled dog camps, he sometimes curls up on a straw bed in the snow, furry tail covering his muzzle.
Winter camping is not for the faint of heart. Here’s how to do it. | Melanie D.G. Kaplan | November 6, 2020 | Washington PostTroops are on the streets, the media is muzzled, and the already weak caretaker government has been further marginalized.
She had thought it legal as the greyhounds were muzzled and the magistrate gave her an absolute discharge.
The Week in Death: Clarissa Dickson Wright, One of ‘Two Fat Ladies’ | The Telegraph | March 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRather than emerging as a full-fledged personality, he did few national interviews and seemed muzzled by the Romney team.
Released but not free, the famed Chinese artist is out of jail but muzzled and constrained by the government.
The reaper must leave something for the gleaner; even the ox cannot be muzzled as he treadeth out the corn.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 | VariousIt was a large savage animal, and was always kept muzzled at home.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-GouldShe is a good girl—as good as God makes them; her wits as yet a bit muzzled by the custom of Friends.
The Red City | S. Weir MitchellThe Orange societies required to be placated, the Presbyterians to be muzzled, the Catholics to be suppressed.
The Evolution of Sinn Fein | Robert Mitchell HenryOther lacqueys led large stag-hounds, or wolf-dogs, of noble race, carefully muzzled to prevent accidents to passengers.
The Abbot | Sir Walter Scott
British Dictionary definitions for muzzle
/ (ˈmʌzəl) /
the projecting part of the face, usually the jaws and nose, of animals such as the dog and horse
a guard or strap fitted over an animal's nose and jaws to prevent it biting or eating
the front end of a gun barrel
to prevent from being heard or noticed: to muzzle the press
to put a muzzle on (an animal)
to take in (a sail)
Origin of muzzle
1Derived forms of muzzle
- muzzler, noun
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