Definition of MUFF

muff

Plural: muffs

Noun

  • a warm tubular covering for the hands
  • (sports) dropping the ball
  • A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.
  • The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.
  • A woman or girl.
  • A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
  • The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak of some birds.
  • A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object such as a pipe.
  • A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person.
  • An error, a mistake; a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
  • A bird, the whitethroat.
  • A muffin.

Verb

Verb Forms: muffed, muffing, muffs

  • To bungle or make a mess of something.
  • fail to catch, as of a ball
  • make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  • To drop or mishandle (the ball, a catch etc.); to play badly.
  • To mishandle; to bungle.

Examples

  • He tried not to muff his turn, knowing one wrong move could cost him the Words With Friends game.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, screw up, spoil, Grand Canyon, Virginia, axe wound, beard, bearded clam, beaver, berk, bonne bouche, box, bun, bush, cavern, clunge, coin slot, cooch, coochie, cookie, cooter, cooze, crack, crevice, cunny, cunt, fanny, fish lips, foo-foo, front bottom, front bum, front hole, gash, ginch, girl, honeypot, hoo-ha, innie, juice box, kebab, kitty, la-la, love box, love tunnel, minge, minnie, monosyllable, moocha, muff, muff and beard:, muffin, nonny, pee-pee, penis fly trap, pink, pink bits, poontang, pump, punani, pussy, quim, sausage wallet, sheath, slit, snapper, snatch, squish mitten, stench trench, strange, sugar walls, trap, tuppence, twat, twinkle, va-jay-jay, vadge, vag, vagina, vaginer, vertical smile, vulva, wee-wee, whisker biscuit, whiskers, wizard's sleeve

Scrabble Score: 12

muff: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
muff: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
muff: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

muff: valid Words With Friends Word