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muff

[muhf]
–noun
1. a thick, tubular case for the hands, covered with fur or other material, used by women and girls for warmth and as a handbag.
2. a bungled or clumsy action or performance.
3. Sports. a failure to hold onto a ball that may reasonably be expected to be caught successfully.
4. a tuft of feathers on the sides of the head of certain fowls.
5. Slang: Vulgar. a woman's pubic area.
6. See under muff glass.
–verb (used with object)
7. Informal. to bungle; handle clumsily: He muffed a good opportunity.
8. Sports. to fail to hold onto (a ball that may reasonably be expected to be caught successfully); fumble.
–verb (used without object)
9. Informal. to bungle; perform clumsily.

Origin:
1590–1600; < D mof, earlier moffel, muffel mitten, muff < ONF moufle < early ML muffula, perh. < Frankish


muffy, adjective
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muff  (v.)
"to bungle," 1827, pugilism slang, related to muff (n.) "awkward person" (1837), perhaps from muff (n.) on notion of someone clumsy because his hands are in a muff.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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