muff — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A piece of fur or cloth, usually open at both ends, used to keep the hands warm.

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   Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.

2. The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.

   Usage

   • Slang
   • Vulgar

   Synonyms

   muffin

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3. A woman or girl.

   Usage

   • Slang
   • Vulgar

4. A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.

5. The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak of some birds.

6. A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object such as a pipe.

Noun

1. A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person.

   Usage

   • Colloquial

   Examples

   Can you fancy that such an old creature (an old muff, as you call him, you wicked, satirical man!) could ever make en impression on my heart?

   […]being good is so much like being a muff, generally.

2. An error, a mistake; a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.

   Usage

   • Slang

3. A bird, the whitethroat.

Verb

1. To drop or mishandle (the ball, a catch etc.); to play badly.

2. To mishandle; to bungle.

   Examples

   But then, supposing this was the real sign? … They had muffed three already; they daren’t muff the fourth.

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   Here was the superlative opportunity to make a generous and lasting settlement from a position of strength; but the pieds noirs, like the Israelis, and from not altogether dissimilar motives, were to muff it.

Noun

1. A muffin.

   Usage

   • Slang

   Examples

   Skinny lattes and a couple of blueberry muffs.

2. A term of endearment.

   Usage

   • Rare
   • Slang

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   “They’re^([sic]) ARE thinking how sexy you look, Muff”. She heard it as plain as day. She turned, half expecting to see her Jim grinning at her. […] “Oh James!” Marsha smiled, […]

   Darien started lovin' her. "Oh yes, please more Muffin." Serena licked her lips. […] "OH YOUR^([sic]) MY MINX." "AND YOUR MY MUFF."

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   “Hello?” / “Hey, muff.” / “Ew.” She laughs and the sound shoots straight between my legs. “I didn’t think you could make muffin worse, but you did it. Congratulations.”

Noun

1. a warm tubular covering for the hands

   Broader terms

   handwearhand wear

2. (sports) dropping the ball

   Synonyms

   fumble

   Broader terms

   blunderblooperbloomerbunglepratfallfoul-upfuckupflubbotchbonerboo-boo

Verb

1. fail to catch, as of a ball

   Broader terms

   failneglect

2. make a mess of, destroy or ruin

   Synonyms

   botchbodgebumblefumblebotch upblowflubscrew upball upspoilmuck upbunglefluffbollixbollix upbollocksbollocks upbobblemishandlelouse upfoul upmess upfuck up

   Broader terms

   failgo wrongmiscarry

   Examples

   I botched the dinner and we had to eat out

   the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement