Associations to the word «Muff»

Wiktionary

MUFF, noun. (historical) A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.
MUFF, noun. (slang) Female pubic hair; the vulva.
MUFF, noun. (glassblowing) A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
MUFF, noun. The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak of some birds.
MUFF, noun. A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object such as a pipe.
MUFF, noun. (colloquial) A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person. [from 19th c.]
MUFF, noun. (slang) (chiefly sports) An error, a mistake; a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands. [from 19th c.]
MUFF, noun. A bird, the whitethroat.
MUFF, verb. (sport) To drop or mishandle (the ball, a catch etc.); to play badly. [from 19th c.]
MUFF, verb. To mishandle; to bungle. [from 1920s]
MUFF, noun. (slang) A muffin.
MUFF DIVER, noun. (vulgar) (slang) One who performs cunnilingus.
MUFF DIVERS, noun. Plural of muff diver
MUFF DIVING, adjective. (slang) Performing cunnilingus; that performs cunnilingus.
MUFF DIVING, noun. (slang) Cunnilingus.
MUFF PISTOL, noun. (historical) A small flintlock gun, usually for women, which can be hidden in a muff (hand-warmer).
MUFF PISTOLS, noun. Plural of muff pistol

Dictionary definition

MUFF, noun. A warm tubular covering for the hands.
MUFF, noun. (sports) dropping the ball.
MUFF, verb. Fail to catch, as of a ball.
MUFF, 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".

Wise words

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Antoine De Saint-Exupery