Muzzle

Noun

 * 1) the protruding part of many animal's head which includes nose, mouth and jaws; snout
 * 2) the mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from as opposed to the breech
 * 3) a device used to prevent animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its head
 * 4)  a piece of the forward end of the plow-beam by which the traces are attached; bridle
 * 5)  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

Derived terms

 * muzzle blast
 * muzzle brake
 * muzzle compensator


 * muzzle energy
 * muzzleloader


 * muzzleloading
 * muzzle velocity

Verb

 * 1)  to bind or confine animal's mouth by putting a muzzle, as to prevent it from eating or biting
 * 2)  to restrain (from speaking, expressing opinion or acting); gag, silence
 * 3) * 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
 * Man is brow-beaten, leashed, muzzled, masked, and lashed by boards and councils, by leagues and societies, by church and state.
 * 1)  to veil, mask, muffle
 * 2)  to fondle with the closed mouth; to nuzzle
 * 3)  to bring the muzzle or mouth near
 * The bear muzzles and smells to him. (Sir. R. L'Estrange)

Adjectives for Muzzle
outstretched; creamy; glittering; shiny; gleaming.

Verbs for Muzzle
burst—; clap on—; disengage—; emerge from—; impose—; jam on—; link—; require—; secure—; —checks; —controls; — curbs; —gags; —masks; —prevents; —represses; —restrains; —restricts.

Thesaurus
Oregon boat, acoustic tile, antiknock, antlia, asphyxiate, baffler, bazoo, beak, beezer, bilbo, bill, bond, bonds, bottle up, bridle, bugle, camisole, censor, chains, chaps, choke, choke off, chops, clamp down on, collar, conk, cork, cork up, countenance, crack down on, crush, cuffs, cushion, damp, damp down, dampener, damper, deflate, dial, disarm, drown, dumbfound, embouchure, enchain, extinguish, face, features, fetter, gab, gag, gob, gyves, halter, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, handcuffs, hobble, hobbles, hog-tie, hold down, 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

Etymology
From earlier muzle:, musle:, mousle:, mussel:, mozell:, from mosel:, from  musel:, museau:, muzeau: (modern French museau:), from latin musellum:, diminutive form of musum:.

Noun

 * Bosnian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: múli, snoppa, granir, trýni


 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:, gubica
 * Yiddish:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German: Mündung
 * Icelandic: byssukjaftur


 * Irish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: дуло


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: múll, bitmúli, mýli, munnkarfa


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: focinheira, mordaça
 * Russian: намордник
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * :చిక్కము

Verb

 * Finnish: laittaa kuonokoppa
 * French:
 * Icelandic: mýla, múlbinda, setja munnkörfu á (dýr)


 * Norwegian: sette munnkurv på
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: amordazar


 * Finnish: tukkia (speaking), estää (acting)
 * Icelandic: þagga niður í, múlbinda


 * Norwegian: gi/få munnkurv
 * Portuguese: