muffler

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English

Etymology

From muffle +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmʌflɚ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌflə(ɹ)

Noun

muffler (plural mufflers)

  1. (US, automotive) A part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.
    Synonym: silencer
    Holonym: exhaust system
    Comeronyms: catalytic converter, exhaust pipe, tailpipe, sidepipe, manifold, header
  2. A silencer or suppressor fitted to a gun.
  3. A type of scarf.
    • 1913, D H Lawrence, chapter 8, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. , →OCLC:
      The newcomer took off his cap and his big woollen muffler. His nose was pointed and red.
    • 1955, J. D. Salinger, “Franny”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1991, →ISBN, page 4:
      He was wearing a maroon cashmere muffler which had hiked up on his neck, giving him next to no protection against the cold. Abruptly, and rather absently, he took his right hand out of his coat pocket and started to adjust the muffler, but before it was adjusted, he changed his mind […]
  4. (World War I military slang, rare) A gasmask.[1]

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: マフラー
  • → Spanish: mofle
  • → Welsh: myffler

Translations

References

  1. ^ Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎, volume 47, number 1/2, page 81
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