Meaning

6 senses
  1. The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws.

    Schnauze, Nüster

    мо́рдаmórda, ры́лоrýlo

    мо́рдаmórda

    forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose

  2. (broadly, derogatory, slang)A person's mouth.

    restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting

  3. A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.

    Maulkorb

    намо́рдникnamórdnik

    намо́рдникnamórdnyk

    a leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal's snout (especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting

  4. The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from.

    the open circular discharging end of a gun

  5. (Scotland)A piece of the forward end of the plow-beam by which the traces are attached.

    Mündung

    ду́лоdúlo, жерло́žerló

    ду́лоdúlo

  6. (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.

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Why doesn't your dog wear a muzzle?

    Чому твій собака не в наморднику? — deniko

    ruПочему ваша собака без намордника? — odexed

    deWarum trägt dein Hund keinen Maulkorb? — raggione

  2. I need to buy a muzzle for my dog.

    ruМне нужно купить собаке намордник. — marafon

  3. Tom stroked the horse's muzzle.

  4. The government is trying to muzzle the press.

    ruПравительство пытается заткнуть рот прессе. — marafon

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  5. Coyotes have longer and pointier muzzles than wolves.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
part of animal's head:
device to stop an animal from biting:
open end of a gun:
Русский
By meaning 3
part of animal's head:
device to stop an animal from biting:
open end of a gun:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
part of animal's head:
device to stop an animal from biting:
open end of a gun:

Origin

From earlier muzle, musle, mousle, mussel, mozell, from Middle English mosel, from Old Fre

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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Forms

plural: muzzles
Singularmuzzle
Pluralmuzzles

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting:gag
  • the open circular discharging end of a gun:gun muzzle

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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