About The Word Muff
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Muff
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What's The Definition Of Muff?
[n] dropping the ball (in baseball or football)
[n] a warm tubular covering for the hands [v] make a mess of, destroy or ruin [v] fail to catch, as of a ball Synonyms | Synonyms for Muff: ball up | blow | bobble | bollix | bollix up | bollocks | bollocks up | botch | botch up | bumble | bungle | flub | fluff | foul up | fuck up | fumble | fumble | louse up | mess up | mishandle | muck up | screw up | spoil Related Terms | Find terms related to Muff: bad job | be all thumbs | bevue | blow | blunder | blunder away | blunder into | blunder on | blunder upon | bobble | boggle | bollix | bonehead play | boner | boo-boo | botch | bumble | bungle | butcher | butterfingers | clumsy | clumsy performance | commit a gaffe | dub | duffer | error | etourderie | faux pas | flounder | flub | fluff | foozle | foozler | foul-up | fumble | fumble-fist | gaucherie | goof | goof up | goofball | goofer | hash | hick | louse up | lumber | lummox | lump | mar | mess | miscue | mistake | muddle | muffer | murder | off day | play havoc with | rube | sad work | screw up | slip | slob | spoil | stumble | stumblebum | stumblebunny | trip See Also | bloomer | blooper | blunder | boner | boo-boo | botch | bungle | fail | flub | foul-up | fuckup | go wrong | handwear | miscarry | neglect Muff In Webster's Dictionary \Muff\ (m[u^]f), n. [Cf. LG. muff, D. mof, G., Dan., & Sw.
muff, F. moufle mitten, LL. muffula, MHG. mouwe sleeve, D.
mouw, and E. muffle, v.]
1. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by
women to shield the hands from cold.
2. (Mech.) A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as
a pipe.
3. (Glass Manuf.) A blown cylinder of glass which is
afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
4. [Perhaps a different word; cf. Prov. E. maffle to
slammer.] A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person.
[Colloq.] ``A muff of a curate.'' --Thackeray.
5. [See 4.] (Baseball) A failure to hold a ball when once in
the hands.
6. (Zo["o]l.) The whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.]
\Muff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Muffing}.] To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it. |
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