1
a
: a scarf worn around the neck
b
: something that hides or disguises
2
: a device to deaden noise
especially
: one forming part of the exhaust system of an automotive vehicle
Examples of muffler in a Sentence
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Neighbors believed the suspect was wearing a hoodie and drove a pickup truck that had a loud muffler.
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Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
Under a nearly moonless night sky, a red, 20-year-old Dodge pickup truck with a bad muffler pulled away from the white house.
—Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
The specific geometrical design of the cap, the students explained, shifts the soundwaves that come out of the blower’s long nozzle—the same way a car muffler or a silencer on a gun works.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 18 May 2024
Something as small as heat from a car muffler could be enough to ignite grass.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2023
Photographed by Francesco Scavullo, Vogue, August 1974 Beverly Johnson wears a Jack Winter suit; turtleneck and muffler by Yves Gonnet; Veaumont beret.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2024
Enter Milton Reeves, a minor on-and-off manufacturer of automobiles over the years, who had invented and patented the automotive muffler in 1897.
—Larry Printz, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023
Plants that make mufflers, catalytic converters, fuel injectors and other components that electric cars don't need will have to be overhauled or shut down.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2023
Plants that make mufflers, catalytic converters, fuel injectors and other components that electric cars don’t need will have to be overhauled or shut down.
—Jack Ewing, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
Under a nearly moonless night sky, a red, 20-year-old Dodge pickup truck with a bad muffler pulled away from the white house.
—Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
The specific geometrical design of the cap, the students explained, shifts the soundwaves that come out of the blower’s long nozzle—the same way a car muffler or a silencer on a gun works.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 18 May 2024
Something as small as heat from a car muffler could be enough to ignite grass.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2023
Photographed by Francesco Scavullo, Vogue, August 1974 Beverly Johnson wears a Jack Winter suit; turtleneck and muffler by Yves Gonnet; Veaumont beret.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2024
Enter Milton Reeves, a minor on-and-off manufacturer of automobiles over the years, who had invented and patented the automotive muffler in 1897.
—Larry Printz, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2023
Plants that make mufflers, catalytic converters, fuel injectors and other components that electric cars don't need will have to be overhauled or shut down.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2023
Plants that make mufflers, catalytic converters, fuel injectors and other components that electric cars don’t need will have to be overhauled or shut down.
—Jack Ewing, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
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“Muffler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muffler. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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muffler
noun
muf·fler
ˈməf-lər 
1
: a scarf worn to protect the neck
2
: something that deadens noises
especially
: a device attached to the exhaust system of an automobile
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