Associations to the word «Muffler»

Wiktionary

MUFFLER, noun. (US) Part of the exhaust pipe of a car that dampens the noise the engine produces.
MUFFLER, noun. A type of scarf.
MUFFLER BEARING, noun. (humorous) A mythical automotive part used in jokes and to gauge how inept the other person in a conversation is about auto mechanics.

Dictionary definition

MUFFLER, noun. A tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise.
MUFFLER, noun. A scarf worn around the neck.
MUFFLER, noun. A device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne