Definition of "muffles" [muffles]

• Plural form of muffle. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muffle. (verb)

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• "You get a 200-mile-deep earthquake it kind of muffles itself."
• "The place was empty except for some scant few persons grouped about a stage whereon two fellows, naked to the waist, their fists swathed in what I believe are termed 'muffles', dodged and ducked, feinted or smote each other with great spirit and gusto until one of them, reeling from a flush hit, sat down with sudden violence and remained in this posture to blink and get his breath."
• "It went on and on, the tweets getting meaner and nastier, amplifying the frustration that would otherwise amount to quiet muffles and the slight shaking of a car to the outside world."