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  • noun Plural form of muzzle.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muzzle.

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Examples

  • Two of those 7-inch muzzles were real muzzles, that is, black-tarred wood like the others, but they were hollow so we could train a bomb-lance whaling-gun through them, one to each side.

    Sonnie-Boy's People 1912

  • Mr. Inhofe in a statement called the Fairness Doctrine "a serious threat to free speech" and warned it "muzzles" the expression of opinion.

    TVBizwire 2009

  • So we did that - Jim, I, and my mother - three only children suddenly thrust into the midst of a large family Christmas, complete with toddlers running pantless through the dining room and large dogs escaping with muzzles full of ham.

    2009 December « Becca’s Byline 2009

  • I run a bore snake dry, through after every ten or so shots and store muzzles down on a carpeted foor in my safes, with either a snap cap in chamber or deactuated firing pin position.

    how often do you clean your guns? 2009

  • So we did that - Jim, I, and my mother - three only children suddenly thrust into the midst of a large family Christmas, complete with toddlers running pantless through the dining room and large dogs escaping with muzzles full of ham.

    Aftermath 2009

  • The muzzles of many guns were rising from the hips.

    Chapter 11 2010

  • Then we looked at the muzzles of his gun, and one of the extended tubes was gone.

    Tighten Chokes, Lighten Up 2009

  • I run a bore snake dry, through after every ten or so shots and store muzzles down on a carpeted foor in my safes, with either a snap cap in chamber or deactuated firing pin position.

    how often do you clean your guns? 2009

  • Wikileaks – Germany muzzles WikiLeaks, April 9, 2009

    Germany shuts down Wikileaks 2009

  • Not just because he was awfully hungry, but because pistol muzzles are unpleasant things to stare at.

    Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

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