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muff
[ muhf ]
noun
- a thick, tubular case for the hands, covered with fur or other material, used by women and girls for warmth and as a handbag.
- a bungled or clumsy action or performance.
- Sports. a failure to hold onto a ball that may reasonably be expected to be caught successfully.
- a tuft of feathers on the sides of the head of certain fowls.
- Slang: Vulgar. a woman's pubic area.
- muff glass
verb (used with object)
- Informal. to bungle; handle clumsily:
He muffed a good opportunity.
- Sports. to fail to hold onto (a ball that may reasonably be expected to be caught successfully); fumble.
verb (used without object)
- Informal. to bungle; perform clumsily.
muff
1/ mʌf /
verb
- to perform (an action) awkwardly
- tr to bungle (a shot, catch, etc) in a game
noun
- any unskilful play in a game, esp a dropped catch
- any clumsy or bungled action
- a bungler
muff
2/ mʌf /
noun
- an open-ended cylinder of fur or cloth into which the hands are placed for warmth
- the tuft on either side of the head of certain fowls
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Word History and Origins
Origin of muff1
1590–1600; < Dutch mof, earlier moffel, muffel mitten, muff < Old North French moufle < early Medieval Latin muffula, perhaps < Frankish
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Word History and Origins
Origin of muff1
C19: of uncertain origin
Origin of muff2
C16: probably from Dutch mof, ultimately from French mouffle muffle 1
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Example Sentences
With hands nervously working within her muff, she suddenly missed the handkerchief which she had placed there.
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A full, busy youth is your only prelude to a self-contained and independent age; and the muff inevitably develops into a bore.
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They looked sad, and the girl took her handkerchief from her muff and held it to her eyes.
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Moreover, it is not improbable that the reader is ready to agree with the old satirist in thinking the young man a muff.
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She went to Peter Robinson's and spent twenty-seven pounds nineteen and sixpence on a muff and stole for Griselda.
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