Dictionary Definition
muff
Noun
1 a warm tubular covering for the hands
2 (sports) dropping the ball [syn: fumble]
Verb
1 fail to catch, as of a ball
2 make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the
dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the
difficult passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bumble, fumble, botch up,
blow, flub, screw up,
ball up,
spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up,
bollocks, bollocks up,
bobble, mishandle, louse up,
foul up,
mess up,
fuck
up]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes with: -ʌf
Noun
- A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
- Pubic hair, in most cases referring to that which surrounds female genitalia. Sometimes it refers to the actual vulva.
- A piece of fur or cloth for keeping the hands warm. hence, earmuff.
- In the context of "baseball|slang": An 1800s baseball term meaning an error.
- (chickens)) The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak; also called "whiskers." Always found in association with a "beard".
Translations
a blown cylinder of glass which is afterward
flattened out to make a sheet
a piece of fur or cloth for keeping the hands
warm
an 1800s baseball term meaning an error
Verb
- In American football, to drop or mishandle the ball, especially during a punt or kick-off.
- By extension, to mishandle any situation.
Translations
in American football, to drop or mishandle the
ball
Related terms
Extensive Definition
Muff may refer to:
- Muff (handwarmer), a fashion accessory, usually of fur, for keeping the hands warm
- Earmuffs, a device for protecting the ears
- Big Muff, a famous distortion box
- Melbourne Underground Film Festival
- Muff, County Donegal, Ireland
- Muff (genitals), the external genital organs of the female
- Muff (hair), hair in the frontal genital area
- Muff (chicken), a mutation found in chickens
- Muff (American football), the dropping or mishandling of a loose ball.
People named Muff:
- André Muff (born 1981), Swiss footballer
- George Muff, 1st Baron Calverley (1877-1955), British Labour politician
- Muff Winwood (born 1943), English songwriter and record producer
- Wolfgang Muff (1880-1947), German general of World War II
See also
muff in Polish: mufka
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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