From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Muff \Muff\ (m[u^]f), n. [Cf. LG. muff, D. mof, G., Dan., & Sw.
muff, F. moufle mitten, LL. muffula, MHG. mouwe sleeve, D.
mouw, and E. muffle, v.]
1. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by
women to shield the hands from cold.
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2. (Mech.) A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as
a pipe.
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3. (Glass Manuf.) A blown cylinder of glass which is
afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
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4. [Perhaps a different word; cf. Prov. E. maffle to
slammer.] A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person.
[Colloq.] "A muff of a curate." --Thackeray.
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5. [See 4.] (Baseball) A failure to hold a ball when once in
the hands.
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6. (Zool.) The whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Muff \Muff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Muffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Muffing}.]
To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball,
in catching it.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Whitethroat \White"throat`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the
common European species ({Sylvia cinerea}), called also
{strawsmear}, {nettlebird}, {muff}, and {whitecap}, the
{garden whitethroat}, or {golden warbler} ({Sylvia
hortensis}), and the {lesser whitethroat} ({Sylvia curruca}).
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
muff
n 1: a warm tubular covering for the hands
2: (sports) dropping the ball [syn: {fumble}, {muff}]
v 1: fail to catch, as of a ball
2: 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" [syn: {botch}, {bodge},
{bumble}, {fumble}, {botch up}, {muff}, {blow}, {flub},
{screw up}, {ball up}, {spoil}, {muck up}, {bungle}, {fluff},
{bollix}, {bollix up}, {bollocks}, {bollocks up}, {bobble},
{mishandle}, {louse up}, {foul up}, {mess up}, {fuck up}]
From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
Muff /muf/
muff
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