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Definition: Muffler |
MufflerNoun1. A tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise. 2. A scarf worn around the neck. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "muffler" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A muffler that concentrates on suppressing sound waves vibrating 200 to 2,000 times a second--the loudest and most objectionable ones created by rock drills. Because the muffler bypasses the lower frequencies, it does not interfere with the column of air that makes a pneumatic drillfunction. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: MufflerSynonym: silencer (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Cloak, pall, mantle, mantlet mantua, shawl, pelisse, wrapper; veil; cape, tippet, kirtle, plaid, muffler, comforter, haik, huke, chlamys, mantilla, tabard, housing, horse cloth, burnoose, burnous, roquelaure; houppelande; surcoat, overcoat, great coat; surtout, spencer; mackintosh, waterproof, raincoat; ulster, P-coat, dreadnought, wraprascal, poncho, cardinal, pelerine; barbe, chudder, jubbah, oilskins, pajamas, pilot jacket, talma |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Muffler |
| English words defined with "muffler": Bemuffle ♦ exhaust pipe ♦ tailpipe. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "muffler": baffle plate, baffle-plate ♦ deflecting plate, deflector plate ♦ MANAGER, AUTO SPECIALTY SERVICES, motorcycle mechanic, MOTORCYCLE REPAIRER, MUFFLER INSTALLER ♦ SQUEAK, RATTLE, AND LEAK REPAIRER. (references) |
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Clever | I tried working in a muffler factory, but that was exhausting. (references; author: unknown) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Wheels and automobile muffler, San Antonio, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | However, the country has several factories that produce automotive exhaust and muffler systems. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Muffler" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Muffler" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Monro Muffler Brake Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
muffler | 476 | motorcycle muffler | 25 |
midas muffler | 279 | muffler clamp | 25 |
flowmaster muffler | 138 | supertrapp fishtail muffler for dresser | 21 |
monroe muffler | 103 | supertrapp turn out muffler for dresser | 21 |
speedy muffler | 84 | borla muffler | 21 |
walker muffler | 64 | muffler universal | 21 |
monro muffler | 63 | merlin muffler | 20 |
muffler shop | 55 | remus muffler | 19 |
performance muffler | 54 | honda muffler | 19 |
muffler tip | 48 | exhaust muffler | 18 |
muffler repair | 44 | generator muffler | 17 |
muffler sound | 38 | car muffler | 16 |
meineke muffler | 37 | midas muffler shop | 16 |
monro muffler brake | 34 | muffler price | 16 |
cole muffler | 32 | muffler silencer | 15 |
magnaflow muffler | 31 | tuffy muffler | 15 |
muffler man | 28 | mac muffler | 14 |
gibson muffler | 28 | thrush muffler | 14 |
cherry bomb muffler | 27 | mr muffler | 14 |
dynomax muffler | 26 | stainless steel muffler | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "muffler"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zhurmëmbytës (damper, muffle, silencer), silenciator, shall (cravat, muffle, neckcloth, neckerchief, neckpiece, scarf, shawl, throw, wrap), dorashka për boks, dorashka pa gisht (muffle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كوفية (keefiyeh, kefiyeh), كاتم الصوت (silencer), نقاب (sapper, veil), خمار (veil, yashmak), شال (paralytic, raise, shawl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шумозаглушител (silencer), шал (chuddar, wrap), звукопоглъщащо приспособление, заглушител (baffle, damper, noise-killer, silencer), ляв педал на пиано. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 围巾 (Mufflers, scarf, Scarfs, Scarves). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tlumiè (damper, extinguisher, shock absorber, silencer), šála (scarf, shawl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stoejdaemper (noise damper, silencer, sound absorber, sound moderator), lyddaemper (blimp, noise damper, silencer, sound absorber, sound moderator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | geluiddemper (noise damper, silencer, sound absorber, sound moderator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نمد (Wad), صداخفه کن (Silencer), انبارلوله اگزوس , شال گردن (Scarf). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | äänenvaimennin (silencer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | silencieux (muting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Dämpfer (damper, dampers, muffle, mute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κάλυμμα του λαιμού, κασκόλ (comforter, scarf), κατασιγαστήρ ηχών, σιγαστήρας (noise damper, silencer, sound absorber, sound moderator), εξάτμιση (evaporation, exhaust, exhaust pipe, vaporization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עמעם (silencer), עמם פליט", עמם (dimmer), צעיף (mask, scarf, shawl, stole, tippet, veil), סו"ר צואר (sweater scarf). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sál (comforter, neckerchief, scarf, scarves, shawl), hangtompító (damper, silencer), kipufogódob (silencer), hangfogó edény, egyujjas kesztyű (mittens, muffle), bokszkesztyű. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | syal (cravat, scarf, tab), selendang (scarf, shawl), saringan (winnow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | silenziatore (silencer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 襟巻き (scarf), 襟巻 (comforter, scarf), 首巻き (comforter, neckerchief), 首巻 (comforter, neckerchief), 巻き , マネーフロー分析 (kind of bicycle favored by housewives running errands around their neighborhood, mafia, maharaja, Mahatma, mahogany, Mahomet, malaria, Malibu, Mama, management, manager, mannequin, mannequin girl, manometer, maracas, maraschino, marathon, Maya, mayonnaise, monetarism, money laundering, money market, money-flow analysis, moneymaker, muff, muffin, scarf), 消音器 (damper pedal, silencer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | マフラー (scarf), くびまき (carotid artery, comforter, neckerchief), しょうお"き (damper pedal, silencer), えりまき (comforter, scarf). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 머"러 (Mufflers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kiuneyder (appeaser, pacifier, queller, quietener, sedative, silencer, soother, tranquillizer), bussal mwannal (scarf). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ufflermay silencioso (damper, half-light, noiseless, quiescent, quiet, silent, soundless, speechless, tuneless). (various references) mãnuşã de box (boxing glove, mitten), tobã de eşapament, fular (comforter, handkerchief, neckcloth, neckerchief), amortizor de zgomot. (various references) сурдинка (mute, sordine, sourdine), рукавица (mitten, muffle), шарф (cravat, neckerchief, scarf, scarves, throw), кашне (scarf), глушитель (damper, silencer). (various references) prigušivač (absorber, baffler, choke, damper, silencer), šal (neckpiece, scarf, shawl, wrap). (various references) silenciador (silencer). (various references) tjock halsduk, ljuddämpare (noise-killer, silencer). (various references) สิ่งห่อหุ้ม. (various references) susturucu (silencer), atkı (kerchief, scarf, shawl, shoe-buckle, stock, stole, tippet, weft, wimple, woof, wrap, wrapper). (various references) рукавиця (gantlet, gauntlet, mitten), шарф (cravat, neckerchief, neckpiece, sash, scarf), кашне (comforter, muffle), глушитель (baffle, baffler, damper, silencer). (various references) moled (kerchief). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "muffler": mufflered, mufflers. (additional references) | |
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"Muffler" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: buffler, miffle, Monflaur, moufflon, Mufulira, ruffler. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-f-l-m-r-u" | |
-1 letter: muffle, ruffle. | |
-2 letters: femur, flume, fumer, lemur, ruffe. | |
-3 letters: flue, fuel, fume, furl, luff, lure, merl, muff, mule, mure, ruff, rule. | |
-4 letters: eff, elf, elm, emf, emu, fem, fer, feu, flu, fur, leu, lum, mel, ref, rem, rue, rum. | |
-5 letters: ef, el, em, er, me, mu, re, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-f-l-m-r-u" | |
+1 letter: mufflers. | |
+2 letters: mufflered. | |
+3 letters: funnelform. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 75 66 66 6C 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01110101 01100110 01100110 01101100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M u f f l e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0075 0066 0066 006C 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47877272787184 |
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