muff

noun

1. (historical)A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.

   “Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.”

2. (slang, vulgar)The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.

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3. (slang, vulgar)A woman or girl.
4. A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
5. The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak of some birds.
6. A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object such as a pipe.
7. (colloquial)A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person.

   “Can you fancy that such an old creature (an old muff, as you call him, you wicked, satirical man!) could ever make en impression on my heart?”

   “[…]being good is so much like being a muff, generally.”

8. (slang)An error, a mistake; a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
9. A bird, the whitethroat.
10. (slang)A muffin.

    “Skinny lattes and a couple of blueberry muffs.”

11. (rare, slang)A term of endearment.

    ““They’re^([sic]) ARE thinking how sexy you look, Muff”. She heard it as plain as day. She turned, half expecting to see her Jim grinning at her. […] “Oh James!” Marsha smiled, […]”

    “Darien started lovin' her. "Oh yes, please more Muffin." Serena licked her lips. […] "OH YOUR^([sic]) MY MINX." "AND YOUR MY MUFF."”

    ““Hello?” / “Hey, muff.” / “Ew.” She laughs and the sound shoots straight between my legs. “I didn’t think you could make muffin worse, but you did it. Congratulations.””

verb

1. To drop or mishandle (the ball, a catch etc.); to play badly.
2. To mishandle; to bungle.

   “But then, supposing this was the real sign? … They had muffed three already; they daren’t muff the fourth.”

   “Here was the superlative opportunity to make a generous and lasting settlement from a position of strength; but the pieds noirs, like the Israelis, and from not altogether dissimilar motives, were to muff it.”

name

1. A surname.
2. A diminutive of the female given name Myfanwy.
3. A village in County Donegal, Ireland.
4. An unincorporated community in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States.