muff

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.

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[Origin unknown.]

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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.

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

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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]

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	muff - a warm tubular covering for the hands hand wear, handwear - clothing for the hands
	2.	muff - (sports) dropping the ball           fumble 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!"
Verb	1.	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 ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, ball up, spoil, screw up, fumble, blow go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

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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

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muff² [mʌf] VT [+ shot, catch etc] → fallar (Theat) [+ entrance, lines] → estropear
to muff a chance → desperdiciar una oportunidad, echar a perder una oportunidad
to muff it → fastidiarla, hacerlo fatal

muff [ˈmʌf]

n → manchon m

vt [+ shot, catch] → rater, louper

muff¹

n → Muff m

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muff² (inf)

n to make a muff of = to muff

vt → vermasseln (inf), → verpatzen (inf); exam also → verhauen (inf); question → danebenhauen or sich verhauen bei (inf); kick, shot, ball → danebensetzen (inf); lines, text, passage → verpatzen (inf); to muff a catch → danebengreifen (inf), → schlecht fangen

muff¹ [mʌf] n → manicotto

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muff² [mʌf] vt (shot, catch) → mancare, sbagliare
to muff it → sbagliare tutto
to muff one's lines (actor) → impappinarsi