Muff

[muff]

A warm tubular covering for the hands

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A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

Noun
(sports) dropping the ball

Noun
a warm tubular covering for the hands

Verb
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"

Verb
fail to catch, as of a ball


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. t.
To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.


Muff

Muff , 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. 2. (Mech.) A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe. 3. (Glass Manuf.) A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet. 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. 5. [See 4.] (Baseball) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands. 6. (Zo'94l.) The whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.]

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.

A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.

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