Thesaurus: muff

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1. n. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.
2. n. A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe.
3. n. A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
4. n. A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person.
5. n. A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
6. n. The whitethroat.
7. v. t. To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.
8. n. a warm tubular covering for the hands
9. n. (sports) dropping the ball
10. v. fail to catch, as of a ball
11. v. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
12. 1. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold. 2. (Mech.) A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe. 3. (Glass Manuf.) A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet. 4. Etym: [Perhaps a different word; cf. Prov. E. maffle to slammer.] A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person. [Colloq.] "A muff of a curate." Thackeray. 5. Etym: [See 4.] (Baseball) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands. 6. (Zoöl.) The whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.] To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.