unmuffle

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ muffle.

Verb

unmuffle (third-person singular simple present unmuffles, present participle unmuffling, simple past and past participle unmuffled)

1. (transitive) To take a covering from, as the face; to uncover.
2. (transitive) To remove the muffling of, as a drum.
   • 2015, Henry Martin, Keith Waters, Jazz: The First 100 Years, Enhanced Media Edition, page 62:

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

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