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Meaning of muff

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

muff

Pronunciation:/mʌf/

noun

Definitions

  1. A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.

  2. Female pubic hair; female genitals.

  3. 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.

muff

Pronunciation:/mʌf/

noun

Definitions

  1. A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person.

  2. An error, a mistake; a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.

  3. A bird, the whitethroat.

verb

Definitions

  1. To drop or mishandle (the ball, a catch etc.); to play badly.

  2. To mishandle; to bungle.