muffler
nounUS /ˈmʌflɚ/
Etymology From muffle + -er.
› Something or someone that muffles.
1
Automotive, Transport, Vehicles US A part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.
- Holonym: exhaust system
2
An accessory for a firearm that lessens the noise at the muzzle.
3
A type of scarf.
- The newcomer took off his cap and his big woollen muffler. His nose was pointed and red.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 8, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
- 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 […]1955, J. D. Salinger, “Franny”, in Franny and Zooey, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, published 1991, →ISBN, page 4:
4
Government, Military, Politics, War World War I, Rare, Slang A gas mask.
- Derived terms
- muffler bearing, mufflered, muffler furnace, mufflerless