muzzle

Meaning

Synonyms

gun muzzle

keep silent

ejector nozzle

gun barrel

stamp down

gun point

nose and mouth

nasal speculum

barrel of a gun

end of the barrel

rima oris

discharge jet

ejection nozzle

jet orifice

impose silence on

nozzle orifice

jet tip

injecting nozzle

air spout

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmʌzəl/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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