muzzle en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmʌzəl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws.
The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes, / The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes, […]
1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 10:
- (broadly, derogatory, slang) A person's mouth.
- A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.
- The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from.
- (Scotland) A piece of the forward end of the plow-beam by which the traces are attached.
- (historical, obsolete) 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| muzzles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
muzzle flash · muzzleloading · muzzle brake · greymuzzle · muzzle energy · graymuzzle · muzzle compensator · muzzleless · muzzock · muzzle blast · muzzlelike · muzzle-loader · muzzle booster · muzzle sweep · muzzle velocity · muzzleloader · unmuzzle · muzzle-loading · muzzle-bag
Synonyms
Translations (166)
is bitmúli (device to stop an animal from biting) · io muzeloligilo (device to stop an animal from biting) · mi mokonaha (device to stop an animal from biting) · ja 銃口 (open end of a gun) · fi suu (open end of a gun) · hy մռութ (part of animal's head) · ru ры́ло (part of animal's head) · pl ryj (part of animal's head) · de Nüster (part of animal's head) · ga mantóg (device to stop an animal from biting) · nl muilkorf (device to stop an animal from biting) · uk ду́ло (open end of a gun) · ga béal (open end of a gun) · he זְמָם (device to stop an animal from biting) · lt antsnukis (device to stop an animal from biting) · he חַרְטוֹם (part of animal's head) · cmn 口絡 /口络 (device to stop an animal from biting) · io muzelo (part of animal's head) · mk муцка (part of animal's head) · ga musal (device to stop an animal from biting) · el φίμωτρο (device to stop an animal from biting) · tr ağız (part of animal's head) · is munnkarfa (device to stop an animal from biting) · fi kuono (part of animal's head) · vi rọ mõm (device to stop an animal from biting) · it muso (part of animal's head) · es hocico (part of animal's head) · pl pysk (part of animal's head) · ru намо́рдник (device to stop an animal from biting) · tr burunsalık (device to stop an animal from biting) · sv mule (part of animal's head) · tr ağızlık (device to stop an animal from biting) · wa muzlire (device to stop an animal from biting) · ca morrió (device to stop an animal from biting) · ru ду́ло (open end of a gun) · hy կնճիթ (part of animal's head) · alt мордо (part of animal's head) · it museruola (device to stop an animal from biting) · sh гу̏бица (part of animal's head) · ru жерло́ (open end of a gun) · cs ústí (open end of a gun) · cmn 槍口 /枪口 (open end of a gun) · el ρύγχος (part of animal's head) · sk náhubok (device to stop an animal from biting) · ar خَطْم (part of animal's head) · hu pofázmány (part of animal's head) · fa پوزهبند (device to stop an animal from biting) · grc φιμός (device to stop an animal from biting) · sh gȕbica (part of animal's head) · eo buŝumo (device to stop an animal from biting) · ar كِمَامَة (device to stop an animal from biting) · be мо́рда (part of animal's head) · ms mata bedil (open end of a gun) · is snoppa (part of animal's head) · sv nos (part of animal's head) · nn munning (open end of a gun) · ro gură (open end of a gun) · mk рилка (part of animal's head) · it mordacchia (device to stop an animal from biting) · sv munkorg (device to stop an animal from biting) · pt cano (open end of a gun) · ka სადრუნჩე (device to stop an animal from biting) · cy mwsel (device to stop an animal from biting) · yi פּיסק (part of animal's head) · cmn 口吻 (part of animal's head) · alt оос (open end of a gun) · wa muzea (part of animal's head) · cy penwar (device to stop an animal from biting) · be намо́рднік (device to stop an animal from biting) · et koon (part of animal's head) · sh bȑnjica (device to stop an animal from biting) · gl bocal (device to stop an animal from biting) · vec muxo (part of animal's head) · mi māngai (open end of a gun) · bg муцуна (part of animal's head) · is granir (part of animal's head) · lt snukis (part of animal's head) · pl morda (part of animal's head) · it avancarica (open end of a gun) · et suukorv (device to stop an animal from biting) · is múll (device to stop an animal from biting) · sh њу̏шка (part of animal's head) · nn snute (part of animal's head) · uk намо́рдник (device to stop an animal from biting) · mi ngutu (open end of a gun) · pt açaimo (device to stop an animal from biting) · ca musell (part of animal's head) · ja 鼻面 (part of animal's head) · hu pofa (part of animal's head) · nb munning (open end of a gun) · grc κημός (device to stop an animal from biting) · nb snute (part of animal's head) · nds Snuut (part of animal's head) · sv mynning (open end of a gun) · pl wylot (open end of a gun) · ro bot (part of animal's head) · ca boca (open end of a gun) · scn mussili (device to stop an animal from biting) · grc ῥύγχος (part of animal's head) · ary كمّامة (device to stop an animal from biting) · es bozal (device to stop an animal from biting) · is byssukjaftur (open end of a gun) · mhr аҥ (open end of a gun) · izh morda (part of animal's head) · fr museau (part of animal's head) · is mýli (device to stop an animal from biting) · sh бр̏њица (device to stop an animal from biting) · bg намо́рдник (device to stop an animal from biting) · scn vuccagghiu (device to stop an animal from biting) · pl kaganiec (device to stop an animal from biting) · kk ауыз (open end of a gun) · pt açaime (device to stop an animal from biting) · pt focinheira (device to stop an animal from biting) · mi mōkā (device to stop an animal from biting) · io boko (open end of a gun) · ms muncung (part of animal's head) · az ağız (open end of a gun) · hy դունչ (part of animal's head) · fa پوزه (part of animal's head) · ast focicu (part of animal's head) · mi pōnīnī (device to stop an animal from biting) · nl snuit (part of animal's head) · cs náhubek (device to stop an animal from biting) · az buruntaq (device to stop an animal from biting) · uk мо́рда (part of animal's head) · es boca (open end of a gun) · kk тұмылдырық (device to stop an animal from biting) · ckb لمووز (part of animal's head) · ga béalóg (device to stop an animal from biting) · tr burunluk (device to stop an animal from biting) · kjh пурғах (device to stop an animal from biting) · vec mus (part of animal's head) · hu torkolat (open end of a gun) · bg дуло (open end of a gun) · fr muselière (device to stop an animal from biting) · de Schnauze (part of animal's head) · ast morru (part of animal's head) · da snude (part of animal's head) · pt focinho (part of animal's head) · gl bozo (device to stop an animal from biting) · is múli (part of animal's head) · ar خِطَام (device to stop an animal from biting) · he לֹעַ (open end of a gun) · cs čumák (part of animal's head) · he מַחְסוֹם (device to stop an animal from biting) · la rostrum (part of animal's head) · io chanfreno (part of animal's head) · ru мо́рда (part of animal's head) · hu szájkosár (device to stop an animal from biting) · fi turpa (part of animal's head) · gd glas-ghuib (device to stop an animal from biting) · nl muilband (device to stop an animal from biting) · gl vetillo (device to stop an animal from biting) · lt apynasris (device to stop an animal from biting) · cs čenich (part of animal's head) · sk ústie (open end of a gun) · de Maulkorb (device to stop an animal from biting) · tr burunsak (device to stop an animal from biting) · sh njȕška (part of animal's head) · vi mõm (part of animal's head) · de Mündung (open end of a gun) · is trýni (part of animal's head) · fi kuonokoppa (device to stop an animal from biting) · eo muzelo (part of animal's head) · mk нарилник (device to stop an animal from biting) · ja 口輪 (device to stop an animal from biting)