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Meaning of 'muff' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Muff [ n.]
- A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.
- A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe.
- A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
- A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person.
- A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
- The whitethroat.
2 . Muff [ v. t.]
- To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.

Meaning of 'muff' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . muff [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Example in sentence:
  • I botched the dinner and we had to eat out;
  • the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

Nearby Words:

muffed muffetee muffin muffineer muffing muffish muffle muffled muffler muffling

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