Found 2 items, similar to Muff.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: muff
muff
n 1: a warm tubular covering for the hands
2: (sports) dropping the ball [syn:
fumble]
v 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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Muff
Muff
\Muff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Muffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Muffing.]
To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball,
in catching it.
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Muff
\Muff\ (m[u^]f), n. [Cf. LG. muff, D. mof, G., Dan., & Sw.
muff, F. moufle mitten, LL. muffula, MHG. mouwe sleeve, D.
mouw, and E. muffle, v.]
1. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by
women to shield the hands from cold.
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2. (Mech.) A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as
a pipe.
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3. (Glass Manuf.) A blown cylinder of glass which is
afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
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4. [Perhaps a different word; cf. Prov. E. maffle to
slammer.] A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person.
[Colloq.]
“A muff of a curate.” --Thackeray.
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5. [See 4.] (Baseball) A failure to hold a ball when once in
the hands.
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6. (Zo["o]l.) The whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.]
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