muzzle brake

noun

A device placed at the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the recoil energy by redirecting the escaping gases.

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Meanings

nounmuzzle brake (plural muzzle brakes)

plural muzzle brakes

  1. engineeringA device placed at the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the recoil energy by redirecting the escaping gases.

Translations

Estonian suudmepidur
  • suudmepidurdevice on a firearm
Finnish suujarru
  • suujarrudevice on a firearm
French frein de bouche
  • frein de bouchedevice on a firearm
German Mündungsbremse
  • Mündungsbremsedevice on a firearm
Hungarian csőszájfék
  • csőszájfékdevice on a firearm
Italian freno di bocca
  • freno di boccadevice on a firearm
Polish osłabiacz, kompensator
  • osłabiaczdevice on a firearm
  • kompensatordevice on a firearm
  • hamulec wylotowydevice on a firearm
Portuguese freio de boca
  • freio de bocadevice on a firearm
Russian дульный тормоз
  • дульный тормоз (dulʹnyj tormoz)device on a firearm
Spanish freno de boca
  • freno de bocadevice on a firearm
Swedish mynningsbroms
  • mynningsbromsdevice on a firearm
Cite this entry
APA

muzzle brake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muzzle%20brake

MLA

“muzzle brake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muzzle%20brake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muzzle brake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muzzle%20brake.

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