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muff

Pronunciation: /mʌf/

The English word “muff” has 13 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A piece of fur or cloth, usually open at both ends, used to keep the hands warm.
  2. The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.
  3. A woman or girl.
  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.
  7. A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person.
  8. An error, a mistake; a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
  9. A bird, the whitethroat.
  10. A muffin.
  11. A term of endearment.

verb

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

Etymology

Probably from Dutch mof (“muff, mitten”).

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