muff

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /mʌf/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /mɐf/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /mʊf/ Rhymes: -ʌf === Etymology 1 === Probably from Dutch mof (“muff, mitten”). ==== Noun ==== muff (plural muffs) A piece of fur or cloth, usually open at both ends, used to keep the hands warm. (vulgar slang) The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it. Synonyms: muffin; see also Thesaurus:vagina. (synecdochic, vulgar slang) A woman or girl. (glassblowing) A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet. The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak of some birds. A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object such as a pipe. ===== Synonyms ===== whiskers, beard, muff and beard (bird feathers): ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== “muff, n.1.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “muff”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Etymology 2 === Unknown; perhaps a specialised use of Etymology 1, above; or perhaps related to Dutch muffen (“to dote”) and German muffen (“to sulk”). ==== Noun ==== muff (plural muffs) (colloquial) A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person. [from 19th c.] (slang, chiefly sports) An error, a mistake; a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands. [from 19th c.] A bird, the whitethroat. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== muff (third-person singular simple present muffs, present participle muffing, simple past and past participle muffed) (sports) To drop or mishandle (the ball, a catch etc.); to play badly. [from 19th c.] To mishandle; to bungle. [from 1920s] ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Clipping of muffin. ==== Noun ==== muff (plural muffs) (slang) A muffin. (slang, rare) A term of endearment. == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [mʊf] === Verb === muff singular imperative of muffen (colloquial) first-person singular present of muffen == Hungarian == === Etymology === From German Muff, from Dutch mof ("muff"), from Middle Dutch moffel, from Middle French moufle ("mitten"), from Medieval Latin muffula ("fur-lined glove"), of unknown origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmufː] Hyphenation: muff Rhymes: -ufː === Noun === muff (plural muffok) (archaic) muff (handwarmer) (slang) vagina (slang) woman ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === muff in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Swedish == === Etymology === From German Muffe, a Low German subform of Muff. === Noun === muff c a muff (for keeping hands warm) a sleeve ((tubular) covering or lining, e.g. for connecting pipes) (slang) muff (female pubic hair, female genitalia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== rattmuff (“steering wheel cover made of fabric”) === References === “muff”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “muff”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Fula Ordboken