Unmuffle

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

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

  3. 3
    To throw off one's concealments. intransitive

Example

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

Etymology

From un- + muffle.

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