Muff — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a warm tubular covering for the hands

(sports) dropping the ball

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈʌf/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈʌf/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈʌf/

1 syllable Say it as /mˈʌf/.

Examples

I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fumble bungle botch up fuck up bodge fluff louse up blow bollix bumble botch flub muck up bollix up mishandle bollocks ball up screw up mess up foul up bollocks up bobble spoil

Parts of Speech

noun	a warm tubular covering for the hands
noun	(sports) dropping the ball
verb	fail to catch, as of a ball
verb	make a mess of, destroy or ruin “I botched the dinner and we had to eat out”

Word Forms

fumble	verb	drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
muff	verb	fail to catch, as of a ball
muff	noun	(sports) dropping the ball
botcher	noun	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
botch	noun	an embarrassing mistake
bumbler	noun	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
fumbler	noun	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
flub	noun	an embarrassing mistake
screwup	noun	the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation
ballup	noun	something badly botched or muddled
spoil	noun	the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
spoilage	noun	the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
spoiling	noun	the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
bungle	noun	an embarrassing mistake
bungler	noun	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
fluff	noun	a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
foul-up	noun	an embarrassing mistake
mess-up	noun	something badly botched or muddled
fuckup	noun	an embarrassing mistake

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

manchon

un revêtement tubulaire chaud pour les mains

🇪🇸Spanish

manguito

una cálida funda tubular para las manos

🇮🇹Italian

manicotto

una calda copertura tubolare per le mani

🇳🇱Dutch

mof

een warme buisvormige bedekking voor de handen

🇵🇹Portuguese

regalo

uma cobertura tubular quente para as mãos

🇷🇺Russian

муфта

теплое трубчатое покрытие для рук

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चूक

हाथों के लिए एक गर्म ट्यूबलर आवरण

🇧🇩Bengali

মফ

হাতের জন্য একটি উষ্ণ নলাকার আবরণ

🇮🇳Tamil

மஃப்

கைகளுக்கு ஒரு சூடான குழாய் உறை

🇮🇳Telugu

మఫ్

చేతులకు వెచ్చని గొట్టపు కవచం

🇮🇳Marathi

मफ

हातांसाठी उबदार ट्यूबलर आच्छादन

🇮🇳Gujarati

મફ

હાથ માટે ગરમ ટ્યુબ્યુલર આવરણ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮಫ್

ಕೈಗಳಿಗೆ ಬೆಚ್ಚಗಿನ ಕೊಳವೆಯಾಕಾರದ ಹೊದಿಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മഫ്

കൈകൾക്ക് ഒരു ചൂടുള്ള ട്യൂബുലാർ ആവരണം

🇵🇰Urdu

مف

ہاتھوں کے لیے ایک گرم نلی نما ڈھکنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

手筒

温暖的管状手部覆盖物

🇯🇵Japanese

マフ

手を覆う暖かい筒状のカバー

🇰🇷Korean

받다가 놓치다

손을 감싸는 따뜻한 관 모양의 덮개

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bịt miệng

một tấm ống ấm áp che phủ bàn tay

🇹🇭Thai

ห้าแต้ม

มีท่ออุ่นสำหรับหุ้มมือ

🇮🇩Indonesian

sarung tangan bulu

penutup berbentuk tabung yang hangat untuk tangan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

إفشل

غطاء أنبوبي دافئ لليدين

🇮🇷Persian

خفه کردن

یک پوشش لوله ای گرم برای دست ها

🇹🇷Turkish

manşon

eller için sıcak boru şeklinde bir kaplama

🇮🇱Hebrew

יְדוֹנִית

כיסוי צינורי חם לידיים

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