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Muffler

noun

A tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise. Synonym: silencer.

A scarf worn around the neck.

A device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations. Synonym: damper.

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"Muffler" Quotes from Famous Books

... the good folks of Bideford were trooping home in merry groups, the father with his children, the lover with his sweetheart, to cakes and ale, and flapdragons and mummer's plays, and all the happy sports of Christmas night. One lady only, wrapped close in her black muffler and followed by her maid, walked swiftly, yet sadly, toward the long causeway and bridge which led to Northam town. Sir Richard Grenville and his wife caught her ...

— Westward Ho! • Charles Kingsley

... even he still communicates in some sort of mask, or muffler: and, we have reason to think, under ...

— Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History • Thomas Carlyle

... The face muffler—either English or French design—is another sine qua non for all formal occasions, particularly at soirees and dansants near the first line. In fact, some of the more careless dressers who have neglected to provide themselves with ...

— The Stars & Stripes, Vol 1, No 1, February 8, 1918, - The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 • American Expeditionary Forces

... mittens, John Robert's muffler which his mother had knitted for him, and Joseph Dawes' beaver cap atop my own, both bearing ear-and neck-flaps, completed my outfitting. The shouts that the brig was sinking redoubled, but I took a minute longer to fill my pockets with all ...

— The Jacket (The Star-Rover) • Jack London

Words linked to "Muffler" : damper, acoustic device, piano damper, exhaust, device, damper block, muffle, dash-pot, shock, silencer, shock absorber, cushion, scarf, exhaust system