muffler

[muhf-ler]

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noun

a scarf worn around one's neck for warmth.

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

anything used for muffling sound.

Armor. a mittenlike glove worn with a mail hauberk.

Origin of muffler

First recorded in 1525–35; muffle¹ + -er¹

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Related Words for muffler

damper, silencer, sordino, sourdine

Examples from the Web for muffler

Historical Examples of muffler

He had a muffler round his neck, and was wearing a peasant's cloak of a dark colour.
My Double Life
Sarah Bernhardt
He also turned on a little more gasolene and opened the muffler.
Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout
Victor Appleton
The dampness was affecting him, and he wrapped his muffler more closely about his neck.
The Fat and the Thin
Emile Zola
To begin with he almost broke the pegs off in hanging up his hat and muffler.
The Fat and the Thin
Emile Zola
He is quiet, with grizzled hair, and a muffler for a collar.
The Silver Box (First Series Plays)
John Galsworthy

British Dictionary definitions for muffler

muffler

noun

a thick scarf, collar, etc

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

something that muffles

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Word Origin and History for muffler

1530s as a kind of wrap for the throat, agent noun from muffle (v.); as an automobile exhaust system silencer, it is attested from 1895.