unmuffle

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verb

To take a covering from, as the face; to uncover.

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Meanings

verbunmuffle (third-person singular simple present unmuffles, present participle unmuffling, simple past and past participle unmuffled)

present singular third person unmuffles · participle present unmuffling · participle past unmuffled · past unmuffled

  1. transitiveTo take a covering from, as the face; to uncover.
  2. transitiveTo remove the muffling of, as a drum.

    But when returning from the graveyard, the band would unmuffle the drum and launch into up-tempo, jazzlike popular compositions.

    2015, Henry Martin, Keith Waters, Jazz: The First 100 Years, Enhanced Media Edition, page 62
  3. intransitiveTo throw off one's concealments.

Origin

From un- + muffle.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“unmuffle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmuffle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmuffle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmuffle.

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