1. (n.)muzzle the projecting part of the head of an animal, including jaws, mouth, and nose.
2. muzzle the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
3. muzzle a device, usu. an arrangement of straps or wires, placed over an animal's mouth to prevent the animal from biting, eating, etc.
4. (v.t.)muzzle to put a muzzle on (an animal or its mouth).
5. muzzle to restrain from speech, the expression of opinion, etc.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME musel < MF < ML mūsellum, dim. of mūsum snout)
Definition of 'muzzle'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)gun muzzle, muzzle the open circular discharging end of a gun
2. (noun)muzzle forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose
3. (noun)muzzle a leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal's snout (especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting
4. (verb)gag, muzzle restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
5. (verb)muzzle fit with a muzzle "muzzle the dog to prevent it from biting strangers"
6. (verb)gag, muzzle prevent from speaking out "The press was gagged"
7. (verb)gag, muzzle tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair"
Definition of 'muzzle'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)muzzle the projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a horse; a snout
2. (verb)muzzle the mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge; as, the muzzle of a gun
3. (verb)muzzle a fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the mouth of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting
4. (verb)muzzle to bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to prevent biting or eating; hence, figuratively, to bind; to sheathe; to restrain from speech or action
Definitions of muzzle 
Afrikaans: bek, snoet
Arabic: خَطْم: أنْف الحيوان وفَكّ
Bulgarian: муцуна
Brazilian: focinho
Czech: čenich
German: die Schnauze
Danish: mule; snude
Greek: ρύγχος, μουσούδα
Spanish: hocico
Estonian: koon
Farsi: دهنه
Finnish: kuono
French: museau
Hebrew: פֶּה, לוֹעַ
Hindi: थूथन
Croatian: gubica, njuška
Hungarian: pofa (állaté)
Indonesian: moncong
Icelandic: granir, trÿni
Italian: muso
Japanese: 鼻づら
Korean: (개, 말 등의) 코끝, 주둥이
Lithuanian: snukis, nasrai
Latvian: purns
Malay: muncung
Dutch: bek
Norwegian: snute; mule
Polish: pysk
Persian: دهنه
Pashto: خوله
Portuguese: focinho
Romanian: bot; rât
Russian: морда
Slovak: ňufák
Slovenian: gobec
Serbian: njuška
Swedish: nos
Thai: ส่วนที่ยื่นจากศีรษะสัตว์ท
Turkish: hayvanın çıkıntılı ağzı v
Taiwanese: (狗等)口和鼻
Ukrainian: пика, рило
Urdu: تھوتھنی
Vietnamese: mõm, rọ...
Chinese: （狗的）口和鼻
