unmuffle en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + muffle.
Meanings
- (transitive) To take a covering from, as the face; to uncover.
-
(transitive) To remove the muffling of, as a drum.
But when returning from the graveyard, the band would unmuffle the drum and launch into up-tempo, jazzlike popular compositions.
2015, Henry Martin, Keith Waters, Jazz: The First 100 Years, Enhanced Media Edition, page 62:
- (intransitive) To throw off one's concealments.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unmuffling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unmuffled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unmuffled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unmuffles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |