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    [Adjective]  | "mute" | \ ˈmyüt \


    1: unable to speak : lacking the power of speech

    2: characterized by absence of speech: such as

    3: felt or experienced but not expressed

    Origin: 1513 ;

     Middle English muet, mut, from Anglo-French, from mu, mute, from Latin mutus, probably from mu, representation of a muttered sound;

    [Noun]  | "mute" 


    1: a device attached to or inserted into a musical instrument to soften or alter its tone

    2: stop

    3: a person who lacks the ability to speak

    Origin: 1530 ;

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    [Noun]  | "mute swan" 


    1: a common white swan (Cygnus olor) that produces no loud notes, is native to Europe and western Asia, and has been introduced into parts of the U.S.

    Origin: 1785 ;

    [Noun]  | "deaf-mute" | \ ˈdef-ˈmyüt \


    1: a deaf person who lacks the ability to speak

    Origin: 1700 ;

    [Verb]  | "mute" 


    1: to muffle, reduce, or eliminate the sound of

    2: to tone down : soften, subdue

    Origin: 1883 ;

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    [Verb]  | "mute" 


    1: to evacuate the cloaca

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French *meutir, short for ameutir, alteration of Old French esmeltir, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch smelten to melt, make fluid, defecate (of birds);

    [Adjective]  | "mute" 


    1: unable to speak;


      * e.g., " ... the child is both deaf and mute because her hearing was lost at birth "




    2: deliberately refraining from speech;


      * e.g., " ... remained mute no matter how much we pleaded for an answer "



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    [Noun]  | "mute" 


    1: a device on a musical instrument that deadens or softens its tone;


      * e.g., " ... I was practicing my trumpet at three in the morning when the mute fell out, and I managed to wake everyone up "



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    [Verb]  | "mute" 


    1: to stop the noise or speech of;


      * e.g., " ... muted the television while she was on the phone "




    2: to deaden the sound of;


      * e.g., " ... closing the windows muted the traffic noise so we could get to sleep "



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     [ "mute" ]

    1: To quickly hit the button which mutes the ring and/or vibration on your cell. Used when your phone goes off when it should not. Also, a term used when a person you do not wish to speak to calls and you quickly make the phone stop ringing.

      * e.g.,  ... That loser called me last night again, I will mute him until he gets the hint. 

     [ "mute" ]

    1: The button on the remote that stops the television's speakers from producing sound although they still use power.

      * e.g.,  ... It's safer for the speakers to turn down the volume than to use the mute. 

     [ "mute" ]

    1: To shut someone up by stabbing them in the throat.

      * e.g.,  ... "Ryan mute that annoying bitch!" 

     [ "mute" ]

    1: A term that referrs to the state of intoxication.

      * e.g.,  ... "hahahh we were so mute" 

     [ "mute" ]

    2: underrage girls from the shire use it all the time. but really they arent drunk, theyve had about half a drink and the rest is put on.

     [ "mute" ]

    1: skateboard terminology - a grab trick where your front hand goes around your front knee and grabs on the toe-rail of the board, in between your feet. pretty cool. invented by a guy whos name escapes me, but i do know that he was infact, mute.

      * e.g.,  ... the 900 by tony hawk is a mute bs 900. 

     [ "mute" ]

    1: A person that should just not talk but talks anyway. Usually blabs on about how great they are or about how much they know, nad more than likely it is all bullshit. This type of person is the type of person than you can try to walk away from while they are talking and they have no idea that you are trying to leave.

      * e.g.,  ... "Did you hear the bullshit Johnny was spewing today, what a fucking mute that guy is, I wish he would go drop on his head." 

     [ "mute" ]

    1: Variation of

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1 

     [ "mute" ]

    2: "Crushed yo eyeballs"

      * e.g.,  ... Who says I can't do that 

     [ "mute" ]

    3: which went out of style last year

      * e.g.,  ... Person 2 

     [ "mute" ]

    4: you got told

      * e.g.,  ... I say so thats who bizatch!! 

     [ "mute" ]

    5: and are now dumbfounded to the point you have nothing to say

      * e.g.,  ... Crowd 

     [ "mute" ]

    1: One who doesn't have any feelings for males or females.

      * e.g.,  ... Mr. Tom isn't gay, so he must be a mute! 

     [ "mute" ]

    1: Someone who can't talk

      * e.g.,  ... GTA 5 online players are mutes 

     [ "mute" ]

    1: Someone who can't talk

      * e.g.,  ... GTA online characters are mutes 

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