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Drugs courier's arrested following silence involving cover-up
Answer for the clue "Drugs courier's arrested following silence involving cover-up ", 6 letters:
muffle
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" [syn: smother , stifle , strangle , repress ] deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: mute , dull , damp , dampen , tone down ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Muffle \Muf"fle\, n. [F. moufle, prop., a mitten, from the resemblance in shape. See Muffle , v. t., Muff .] Anything with which another thing, as an oar or drum, is muffled; also, a boxing glove; a muff. (Metal.) An earthenware compartment or oven, often ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "to cover or wrap (something) to conceal or protect," perhaps from Middle French mofler "to stuff," from Old French moufle "thick glove, muff" (compare Old French enmoufle "wrapped up"); see muff (n.). Meaning "wrap something up to deaden sound" ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a muffled cry (= that cannot be heard clearly ) ▪ I thought I heard a muffled cry from somewhere in the building. a muffled explosion (= one that is not heard very clearly ) ▪ We could just make out a muffled explosion ...
Usage examples of muffle.
They all shuffle, all these strange lonely children of God, these mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives whose noisy aberrations are safely muffled now by drugs.
The door hinged smoothly shut behind me, muffling the music, and a body thudded against the frosted glass ahead with an abruptness that made me twitch.
Skin acrawl with urgency, Taverik strode down to the beached boat and muffled the badly mismatched oars.
The rods were already coming out of the core as the muffled sound of automatic rifle fire sounded from the lower levels of the aft compartment.
He tried to choke it back, but the muffled croak was enough to bring Alec from his alcove.
Suddenly it jogged to one side and Alec heard the sound of something heavy falling over, immediately followed by a muffled curse.
Grinning in silent triumph, Alec lifted out a leather folder and heard the muffled crackle of parchment.
The muffled sound of hooves on the dirt trail lulled Angelina into a near sleep.
It was down one of the endlessly dividing data branches growing out of that single muffled reference to the set of synthetic genes that had been derived from the embryonic switching mechanisms of the axolotl and the fearsome dragonfly nymph.
Its dead black eyes saw Artek, and the parrot opened its beakless mouth in a muffled squawk of alarm.
At midnight two boat-loads of determined men, rowing with muffled oars moved silently out from the blockader towards the beached vessel.
Recalling how Blu had kissed her and touched her, she pressed her face into her pillow to muffle a groan.
Muffled clatters from the side stairs, heard only by Margaret and The Shadow, were proof that Dana Brye had fled.
Dodds clacking keyboard sounded more natural than the muffled burbling of the funnel or the squeals and creaks of the coaster.
I was curious to know what the results would be, and had not been at the place appointed more than a quarter of an hour when she came towards me, her head muffled in a hood.