Muffin

Noun

 * 1)  a type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten
 * 2)  A type of rich individual cake containing chocolate chips, blueberries or some other flavouring.
 * 3)  a mechanism used in the Java Network Launching Protocol analogous to the cookie mechanism and which permits a program running in a browser to perform operations on a client machine
 * 4)  a term of endearment
 * 5)  a vulva
 * 6)  a less talented player
 * 7)  a charming, attractive young man

Quotations
computing term the vulva
 * 2001: The name/value pairs provided by the PersistenceService are similar to browser cookies. The Java Web Start implementation honors this legacy by naming the pairs "muffins." &mdash; JNLP and Java Web Start, Sun Developer Network, Technical Articles and Tips, 30 May 2001.
 * 1989: I wanna be stuffin’ Martha’s muffin!!!, &mdash; Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper Stuffin’ Martha’s Muffin.

Synonyms

 * (flattish bun): English muffin (US)

Derived terms

 * English muffin
 * muffin cap
 * muffin top


 * muffin-warm
 * stud muffin

Thesaurus
Danish, Danish pastry, English muffin, Parker House roll, Yorkshire pudding, bagel, bialy, bialystoker, bun, clover-leaf roll, coffee cake, crescent roll, croissant, cross bun, crumpet, gem, hard roll, hot cross bun, kaiser roll, onion roll, pinwheel roll, popover, roll, scone, soft roll

Etymology
The origin is.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: мъфин (măfin)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
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 * German:
 * Hebrew: מופין (mufin); מאפין (mafin)
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: マフィン
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian: ;
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: brioșă
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: мафін (mafin)

Noun

 * 1) muffin (individual cake)