muffle
pronunciation
How to pronounce muffle in British English:
UK [ˈmʌfl]
How to pronounce muffle in American English:
US [ˈmʌfəl]
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- Noun:
- a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature
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- Verb:
- conceal or hide
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Word Origin
- muffle (v.)
- early 15c., "to cover or wrap (something) to conceal or protect," perhaps from Middle French mofler "to stuff," from Old French moufle "thick glove, muff" (compare Old French enmoufle "wrapped up"); see muff (n.). Meaning "wrap something up to deaden sound" first recorded 1761. Related: Muffled; muffling.
- muffle (n.)
- "thing that muffles," 1560s, from muffle (v.).