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muff 1  (mf)
v. muffed, muff·ing, muffs
v.tr.
1. To perform or handle clumsily; bungle. See Synonyms at botch.
2. Sports To fail to make (a catch).
v.intr.
To perform an act clumsily.
n.
1. A clumsy or bungled action.
2. Sports A failure to make a catch.

[Origin unknown.]

muff 2  (mf)
n.
1. A small cylindrical fur or cloth cover, open at both ends, in which the hands are placed for warmth.
2. A cluster of feathers on the side of the face of certain breeds of fowl.
3. Vulgar Slang The vulva.

[Dutch mof, from Middle Dutch moffel, from Old French mofle, mitten, from Medieval Latin muffula, perhaps of Germanic origin.]

muff1
n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) an open-ended cylinder of fur or cloth into which the hands are placed for warmth
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the tuft on either side of the head of certain fowls
[probably from Dutch mof, ultimately from French mouffle muffle1]

muff2
vb
1. to perform (an action) awkwardly
2. (General Sporting Terms) (tr) to bungle (a shot, catch, etc.) in a game
n
1. (General Sporting Terms) any unskilful play in a game, esp a dropped catch
2. any clumsy or bungled action
3. a bungler
[of uncertain origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.muff - a warm tubular covering for the handsmuff - a warm tubular covering for the hands
hand wear, handwear - clothing for the hands
2.muff - (sports) dropping the ballmuff - (sports) dropping the ball          
blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake
American football, American football game - a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays
baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
Verb1.muff - fail to catch, as of a ball
fail, neglect - fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
2.muff - make a mess of, destroy or ruinmuff - 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"
go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

muff
verb botch, bungle, fluff (informal), spoil, screw up (informal), mess up, cock up (Brit. slang), fuck up (offensive taboo slang), make a mess of, mismanage, make a nonsense of, bodge (informal), make a pig's ear of (informal), flub (U.S. slang), make a muck of (informal) He muffed his opening speech.
Translations
muff1 [mʌf] N (for hands) → manguito m
muff2 [mʌf] VT [+ shot, catch etc] → fallar (Theat) [+ entrance, lines] → estropear
to muff a chancedesperdiciar una oportunidad, echar a perder una oportunidad
to muff itfastidiarla, hacerlo fatal
muff [ˈmʌf]
nmanchon m
vt [+ shot, catch] → rater, louper
muff1
nMuff m

muff2 (inf)
n to make a muff of = to muff
vtvermasseln (inf), → verpatzen (inf); exam alsoverhauen (inf); questiondanebenhauen or sich verhauen bei (inf); kick, shot, balldanebensetzen (inf); lines, text, passageverpatzen (inf); to muff a catchdanebengreifen (inf), → schlecht fangen
muff1 [mʌf] nmanicotto
muff2 [mʌf] vt (shot, catch) → mancare, sbagliare
to muff it → sbagliare tutto
to muff one's lines (actor) → impappinarsi


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I think she was arrayed in little blue feathers, but if such a costume is not seemly, I swear there were, at least, little blue feathers in her too coquettish cap, and that she was carrying a muff to match.
"--"Why, ma'am," answered Mrs Honour, "he came into the room one day last week when I was at work, and there lay your ladyship's muff on a chair, and to be sure he put his hands into it; that very muff your ladyship gave me but yesterday.
But next Christmas Thomasina Tittlemouse got a present of enough rabbit-wool to make herself a cloak and a hood, and a handsome muff and a pair of warm mittens.
 
 
 
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