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- A restraint on free movement or expression: had a muzzle put on their high spirits.
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Our guide to British slang words, lingo & expressions includes regional variations from the Queen's English, Cockney, to Welsh colloquialisms.
Synonyms for MUZZLING: censoring, silencing, gagging, covering (up), blacking out, suppressing, quashing, hushing (up); Antonyms of MUZZLING: exposing, revealing, uncovering, disclosing, telling, debunking, divulging, showing up.
Muzzling [ˈmʌzlɪŋ] refers to the act of putting a muzzle on an animal to prevent it from biting or making noise, or the act of preventing someone from expressing their opinions or thoughts. It can be used in contexts such as pet care and freedom of speech.
Lollygagging, necking, pitching honey, smooching, tonsil swabbing, pawing, muzzling, flinging woo and rotten logging are other names applied to the same activity. 1947: I. Shulman Amboy Dukes 85: We’ll sit here and muzzle. 1949: Gordon & Kanin Adam’s Rib 67: I saw him muzzlin’ that tall job.
muzzle verb [T] (STOP OPINIONS) to stop a person or organization from expressing independent opinions: The new Secrecy Act will muzzle the media and the opposition. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Interrupting & preventing from speaking. accost.
muzzle in British English. (ˈmʌzəl ) noun. 1. the projecting part of the face, usually the jaws and nose, of animals such as the dog and horse. 2. a guard or strap fitted over an animal's nose and jaws to prevent it biting or eating. 3. the front end of a gun barrel.
What does the noun muzzling mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun muzzling . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
