'Muff' definitions:
Definition of 'Muff'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Muff'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mech.) A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Glass Manuf.) A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 5. [See 4.] (Baseball) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Zool.) The whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'muff'
From: 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). [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'muff'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bad job,
- be all thumbs,
- bevue,
- blow,
- blunder,
- blunder away,
- blunder into,
- blunder on,
- blunder upon,
- bobble,
- boggle,
- bollix,
- bonehead play,
- boner,
- boo-boo,
- botch,
- bumble,
- bungle,
- butcher,
- butterfingers,
- clumsy,
- clumsy performance,
- commit a gaffe,
- dub,
- duffer,
- error,
- etourderie,
- faux pas,
- flounder,
- flub,
- fluff,
- foozle,
- foozler,
- foul-up,
- fumble,
- fumble-fist,
- gaucherie,
- goof,
- goof up,
- goofball,
- goofer,
- hash,
- hick,
- louse up,
- lumber,
- lummox,
- lump,
- mar,
- mess,
- miscue,
- mistake,
- muddle,
- muffer,
- murder,
- off day,
- play havoc with,
- rube,
- sad work,
- screw up,
- slip,
- slob,
- spoil,
- stumble,
- stumblebum,
- stumblebunny,
- trip