Muffle (verb)
mu-fl
to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound.
1400–50; late Middle English mufeln, perhaps aphetic form of Anglo-French *amoufler, for Old French enmoufler to wrap up, muffle, derivative of moufle mitten
Example sentences
“They used scarves to muffle the sound.”
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