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Muffler   /mˈəflər/   Listen
Muffler

noun
1.
A tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise.  Synonym: silencer.
2.
A scarf worn around the neck.
3.
A device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations.  Synonym: damper.





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"Muffler" Quotes from Famous Books



... came the low command from Jerry, just as the boat, muffler cut out, the engine at top speed, and volleying revolutions and deafening explosions, seemed to ...
— The Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island • Gordon Stuart
... with its silver-gilt handle, Rodolphe had received a seal with the motto Amor nel cor* furthermore, a scarf for a muffler, and, finally, a cigar-case exactly like the Viscount's, that Charles had formerly picked up in the road, and that Emma had kept. These presents, however, humiliated him; he refused several; she insisted, and he ended by obeying, thinking ...
— Madame Bovary • Gustave Flaubert
... pleasant, asked if its owner could be of any help to them. As they turned toward him, they saw it was a man wrapped in a handsome sealskin cloak, wearing a sealskin cap; his face, half concealed by a muffler of the same material, disclosing only a pair of long mustaches, and two keen dark eyes. "It's a son of old Santa Claus!" whispered Addy. The girls tittered audibly as they tumbled into the sleigh: ...
— Tales of the Argonauts • Bret Harte
... later Fresnel was securely bound to a chair, and effectively silenced by a very uncomfortable gag improvised out of a block of wood and a muffler. ...
— Scaramouche - A Romance of the French Revolution • Rafael Sabatini
... caught a sound which rapidly swept nearer and nearer. A motor-car with the muffler cut out was approaching, at ...
— Further Adventures of Lad • Albert Payson Terhune


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