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How to pronounce “muzzle”

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Pronunciation guide for muzzle

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of muzzle with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Not So Secret Life Of Dogsto wear a muzzle, not because the dog needed it,
Definition summary: The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws.

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The Not So Secret Life Of Dogs

to wear a muzzle, not because the dog needed it,

[Noun]
The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws.
(slang, derogatory, by extension) A person's mouth.
A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.
(firearms) The mouth or the end for entrance or discharge of a gun, pistol etc., that the bullet emerges from.
(chiefly Scotland) A piece of the forward end of the plow-beam by which the traces are attached.
(obsolete, historical) An openwork covering for the nose, used for the defense of the horse, and forming part of the bards in the 15th and 16th centuries.
[Verb]
(transitive) To bind or confine an animal's mouth by putting a muzzle, as to prevent it from eating or biting.
(transitive, figuratively) To restrain (from speaking, expressing opinion or acting); to gag; to silence; to censor.
(transitive, obsolete) To veil, mask, muffle.
(transitive, obsolete) To fondle with the closed mouth; to nuzzle.
(intransitive) To bring the muzzle or mouth near.