MUFF
Dictionary entry overview: What does muff mean?
• MUFF (noun)
The noun MUFF has 2 senses:
1. a warm tubular covering for the hands
2. (sports) dropping the ball
Familiarity information: MUFF used as a noun is rare.
• MUFF (verb)
The verb MUFF has 2 senses:
1. fail to catch, as of a ball
2. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Familiarity information: MUFF used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MUFF (noun)
Meaning:
A warm tubular covering for the hands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("muff" is a kind of...):
hand wear; handwear (clothing for the hands)
Meaning:
(sports) dropping the ball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
fumble; muff
Hypernyms ("muff" is a kind of...):
bloomer; blooper; blunder; boner; boo-boo; botch; bungle; flub; foul-up; fuckup; pratfall (an embarrassing mistake)
Domain category:
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)
• MUFF (verb)
Meaning:
Fail to catch, as of a ball
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "muff" is one way to...):
fail; neglect (fail to do something; leave something undone)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
flub; fluff; foul up; fuck up; louse up; mess up; mishandle; muck up; spoil; bungle; bumble; botch up; ball up; bobble; bodge; bollix; bollix up; bollocks; bollocks up; botch; muff; screw up; fumble; blow
Context examples:
I botched the dinner and we had to eat out / the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Hypernyms (to "muff" is one way to...):
fail; go wrong; miscarry (be unsuccessful)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
