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muff

noun

1 muff

A warm tubular covering for the hands.

Roget 158: impotence; inability, disability; disablement, impuissance, imbecility; incapacity, incapability; inaptitude, ineptitude, incompetence, unproductivity; indocility; invalidity, ... show more

Roget 374: woman, she, her, female, petticoat.    feminality, muliebrity; womanhood etc. (adolescence) 131.    womankind; the sex, the fair; ... show more

Roget 701: bungler; blunderer, blunderhead; marplot, fumbler, lubber, duffer, dauber, stick; bad hand, poor hand, poor shot; butterfingers.    no conjurer, ... show more

Dutch: mof
Polish: mufka

2 muff

sports Dropping the ball.

synonym: fumble.

verb

1 muff

Fail to catch, as of a ball.

2 muff

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.

synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up ... show more.

Dutch: bederven, hannesen, haspelen, infesteren, klunzen, krukken, mispeuteren, naar de knoppen helpen, stuntelen, verbroddelen ... show more


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 ... show more.

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