muzzle
26
7.1
- noun
- /ˈmʌzəl/
- Specialized
:
boca del cañón
- Although the Confederates were shooting from cover, the muzzle flashes of their rifles quickly gave them away.
- muzzle brake
- muzzle of a gun
- muzzle of a rifle
So those muzzle flashes, which may have been photographed in a dark stage against black, they may be completely overexposed, super hot, white.
- So those muzzle flashes, which may have been photographed in a dark stage against black, they may be completely overexposed, super hot, white.
- And then you're sitting there and the door blows, muzzle flashes occur and, and then you realize that you're the only dummy in the room that didn't get shot.
- Tugs were buzzing up and down the river, paddle wheels flashing, iron muzzle smoking.
- It's got the ported barrel helps with muzzle flip.
Examples
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Only thing is the muzzle blast.
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Girl, I just saw muzzle flashes coming from that suite.
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Well, he was holding the gun in my direction, but the muzzle was low.
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I came up about five feet behind him and raised the muzzle of that gun.
Fiction book (1991) -
Once the bullet leaves the muzzle, you no longer control it.
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I stepped away from him, holding the gun muzzle-up, pointing to the overhead.
Fiction book (1995) -
The pilot goes cross-eyed staring down the muzzle of the 12-gauge, inches from his face.
Fiction book (1991) -
BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! -- his face lit up by the muzzle flashes.
Fiction book (1994) -
A homemade muzzle-loading rifle was confiscated from a poacher in Hukaung Valley, Myanmar.
Academic text (2011) -
The hunter carefully aimed at the deer, ensuring the bullet would leave the muzzle cleanly.
Synonyms
1
7.0
The open front end of a gun barrel where a bullet comes out
Compounds
- Specialized
1
9.1
A gun you load by putting gunpowder and shot into the open front of the barrel
Surface Forms
Etymology
Muzzle for a gun's open end comes from an old French word museau meaning 'snout' or 'mouth', so the gun's barrel is like the gun's 'nose' where the bullet comes out.