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Definition muff

Etymology 1

Probably from Dutch mof (“muff, mitten”).

Noun

muff (plural muffs)

  1. (historical) A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.
  2. (slang) Female pubic hair; the vulva.
  3. (glassblowing) A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
  4. The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak of some birds.
  5. A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object such as a pipe.

Etymology 2

Origin unknown; perhaps a specialised use of Etymology 1, above; or perhaps related to Dutch muffen (“to dote”) and German muffen (“to sulk”).

Noun

muff (plural muffs)

  1. (colloquial) A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person. [from 19th c.]
  2. (slang, chiefly sports) An error, a mistake; a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands. [from 19th c.]
  3. A bird, the whitethroat.
Verb

muff (third-person singular simple present muffs, present participle muffing, simple past and past participle muffed)

  1. (sports) To drop or mishandle (the ball, a catch etc.); to play badly. [from 19th c.]
  2. To mishandle; to bungle. [from 1920s]

Etymology 3

Shortening.

Noun

muff (plural muffs)

  1. (slang) A muffin.


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