muzzle

1. 1.

   fit with a muzzle

   “muzzle the dog to prevent it from biting strangers”

   Antonymsunmuzzle

   Broaderequip
2. 2.

   prevent from speaking out

   “The press was gagged”

   Synonymsgag

   Broaderhush
3. 3.

   tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them

   “The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair”

   Synonymsgag

   Broadertie

Other forms of muzzle

plural

muzzles·

past tense

muzzled·

present participle

muzzling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about muzzle

What does muzzle mean?

muzzle means "the open circular discharging end of a gun". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in muzzle?

muzzle has 2 syllables: muz-zle. The stress falls on "muz". In IPA it is /ˈmʌzəl/.

What is another word for muzzle?

Close synonyms include gun muzzle, gag, gag, gag. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of muzzle?

The recorded antonyms are unmuzzle.

Is muzzle a common word?

muzzle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.