Muff

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To perform or handle clumsily; bungle. See Synonyms at botch.
  • v. Sports To fail to make (a catch).
  • verb-intransitive. To perform an act clumsily.
  • n. A clumsy or bungled action.
  • n. Sports A failure to make a catch.
  • n. A small cylindrical fur or cloth cover, open at both ends, in which the hands are placed for warmth.
  • n. A cluster of feathers on the side of the face of certain breeds of fowl.
  • n. Vulgar Slang The vulva.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.
  • n. Female pubic hair; the vulva.
  • n. A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
  • n. The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak of some birds.
  • n. An error, a mistake.
  • n. shortened form of muffin.
  • v. In American football, to drop or mishandle the ball, especially during a punt or kick-off.
  • v. By extension, to mishandle any situation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.
  • n. A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe.
  • n. A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
  • n. A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person.
  • n. A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
  • n. The whitethroat.
  • v. To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A cover into which both hands may be thrust in order to keep them warm.
  • n. The whitethroat, Sylvia cinerea. Macgillirray. Also muffet.
  • n. A cylinder of blown glass ready for slitting and spreading open in the flattening-furnace to form a plate.
  • n. A joiningtube or coupler for uniting two pipes end to end.
  • To mumble; speak indistinctly.
  • To perform clumsily or badly; fail, as in some attempt in playing a game; muddle; make a mess of.
  • Specifically, in ball-playing, to fail to hold (the ball) when it comes into the hands.
  • To act clumsily or badly, especially in playing a game, as in receiving a ball into one's hands and failing to hold it.
  • n. A simpleton; a stupid or weak-spirited person.
  • n. An inefficient apprentice craftsman.
  • n. Anything done in a clumsy or bungling fashion, as a bad stroke of play in a game of ball; specifically, in ball-playing, failure to hold a ball that comes into one's hands.
  • n. A lap or fleece of fibrous material, such as the lap of waste cotton, which is taken from the comb of a combing-machine.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. fail to catch, as of a ball
  • n. a warm tubular covering for the hands
  • v. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  • n. (sports) dropping the ball
  • Antonym
    catch   
    Verb Form
    muffed    muffing    muffs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fail    neglect    handwear    miscarry    go wrong    boo-boo    fuckup    bloomer    foul-up    pratfall   
    Form
    muffed    muffing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fumble    bungle    bungler    muffer    clown    covert    miss   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Slough    bluff    bruff    buff    cuff    duff    enough    fluff    gruff    guff   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tippet    mitten    muffler    pelisse    boa    scarf    parasol    bonnet    cape    raincoat