Dictionary Entry
muzzle
muzzle is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout. Face value is 26 in Scrabble and 29 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 26 · Words With Friends 29 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout.
- 2intransitive verb
The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge; as, the muzzle of a gun.
- 3intransitive verb
A fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the mouth of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting.
- 4transitive verb
To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to prevent biting or eating; hence, figuratively, to bind; to sheathe; to restrain from speech or action.
- 5transitive verb
To fondle with the closed mouth.
- 6intransitive verb
To bring the mouth or muzzle near.
- 7noun
forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose
- 8noun
restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
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- 9noun
the open circular discharging end of a gun
- 10noun
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
- 11verb
tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
"The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair"
Synonyms
- 12verb
prevent from speaking out
"The press was gagged"
Synonyms
- 13verb
fit with a muzzle
"muzzle the dog to prevent it from biting strangers"
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