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muff

UK/mʊf/ US/mʌf/ uncommon rare slang vulgar
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

(sports) dropping the ball

Synonyms

verb

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”
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Origin

* As an English surname, variant of Mowe, itself from Middle English maugh (“son-in-law”), from Old Norse mágr. * As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun mupf (“drooping mouth”), which is probably ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *mauwu (“protruding mouth, pout”).

Phrases

  • furry muff
  • hairy muff
  • muff diver
  • muff pistol
  • muff up
  • twiddle muff

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