Muff

Noun

 * 1)  A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.
 * 2)  Female pubic hair; the vulva.
 * 3)  A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
 * 4) The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak of some birds.
 * 5)  An error, a mistake.
 * 6)  shortened form of muffin.

Synonyms

 * whiskers, beard, muff and beard

Verb

 * 1) In American football, to drop or mishandle the ball, especially during a punt or kick-off.
 * 2) By extension, to mishandle any situation.

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

Etymology
Probably from mof:.

Noun

 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Hungarian:


 * Polish: mufka
 * Portuguese: regalo
 * Russian: муфта
 * Serbian: rukovnica


 * Finnish: pehko, tussu


 * Portuguese: pentelho
 * Russian: мохнатка

Verb

 * Finnish: tunaroida, möhliä, töpätä

Related terms

 * muff-diver
 * muff-diving
 * muff pistol

Noun

 * 1)  muff ("handwarmer")

Etymology
From the Muff:, from Dutch mof ("muff"), from Middle Dutch moffel, from Middle French moufle ("mitten"), from Medieval Latin muffula ("fur-lined glove"), of unknown origin.