Definition of: muffle

(muf′əl) v.t. ·fled, ·fling
1. To wrap up in a blanket, scarf, etc., as for warmth or concealment.
2. To prevent from seeing, hearing, or speaking by wrapping the head.
3. To deaden the sound of by or as by wrapping: to muffle a cry.
4. To deaden (a sound).
—noun
1. Something used for muffling.
2. A clay oven for firing pottery without direct exposure to flame.
3. The naked upper lip and nose of ruminants and certain other mammals. [<OF moufle heavy leather or fur mitten]