muffler

American  

[muhf-ler] / ˈmʌf lər /

noun

• mufflers
  plural

1. a scarf worn around one's neck for warmth.

2. any of various devices for deadening sound, as the sound of escaping gases of an internal-combustion engine.

3. anything used for muffling sound.

4. Armor. a mittenlike glove worn with a mail hauberk.

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muffler British  

/ ˈmʌflə /

noun

1. a thick scarf, collar, etc

2. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): silencer.  any device designed to reduce noise, esp the tubular device containing baffle plates in the exhaust system of a motor vehicle

3. something that muffles

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• mufflers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of muffler

First recorded in 1525–35; muffle ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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Hummel’s automotive trade school helped him land his first job at a muffler shop in 2007.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

On March 29, the city’s Department of Construction and Inspections ordered Hudson to remove modifications to his Hellcat’s muffler and exhaust system by April 15 or face penalties of up to $1,300 per day.

From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024

Neighbors reported the suspect was driving a pickup truck with a loud muffler and wearing a hooded sweater when he set the fire, according to the documents.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2024

According to court documents, a Portsmouth homeowner was working on his property in September 2020 when he heard the loud muffler of a passing car.

From Washington Times ● May 3, 2023

One of the Beauxbatons girls still clutching a muffler around her head gave what was unmistakably a derisive laugh.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

This is a sport that named its bowl games for refrigerators, mufflers and weed eaters, and concludes a current one with the bleak, ritual toasting of an anthropomorphic Pop Tart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

There has been talk that mufflers could be used if the engines were considered too loud, despite the obvious logical inconsistency of that as an approach.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

The price increases have been “modest,” he wrote, and on lower-priced products such as floor mats and mufflers.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025

But drivers often modify their cars and motorcycles to be louder, such as by installing "whistle tips" on the exhaust system to make noise or removing mufflers.

From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2023

They were wrapped up in so many coats and mufflers and veils and shawls that they looked like big, shapeless bundles.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder