musclebrawn; power; force; organ that produces movementNot to be confused with:mussel ? a bivalve mollusk or clamAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreemus·cle (m?s??l)n.1. A tissue composed of fibers capable of contracting to effect bodily movement.2. A contractile organ consisting of a special bundle of muscle tissue, which moves a particular bone, part, or substance of the body: the heart muscle; the muscles of the arm.3. Muscular strength: enough muscle to be a high jumper.4. Informal Power or authority: put some muscle into law enforcement.v. mus·cled, mus·cling, mus·cles v.intr. To make one’s way by or as if by force: muscled into the conversation.v.tr. To move or force with strength: muscled legislation through Congress.[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin m?sculus, diminutive of m?s, mouse; see m?s- in Indo-European roots.]mus?cly adj.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.muscle (?m?s?l) n1. (Anatomy) a tissue composed of bundles of elongated cells capable of contraction and relaxation to produce movement in an organ or part2. (Anatomy) an organ composed of muscle tissue3. strength or forcevb (intr; often foll by in, on, etc) informal to force one’s way (in)[C16: from medical Latin musculus little mouse, from the imagined resemblance of some muscles to mice, from Latin m?s mouse] ?muscly, ?muscley adjCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014mus?cle (?m?s ?l) n., v. -cled, -cling. n. 1. a tissue composed of elongated cells, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. a specific bundle of such tissue. 3. muscular strength; brawn. 4. power or force, esp. of a coercive nature: They put muscle into their policy and sent the marines. v.i. 5. Informal. to make one’s way by force or fraud (often fol. by in or into). v.t. 6. Informal. to push or move by force or strength: to muscle a bill through Congress. [1525?35;