muff meaning and definition

MUFF noun

Definition of muff (noun)

1. a warm tubular covering for the hands
2. (sports) dropping the ball
   • synonyms: fumble

MUFF verb

Definition of muff (verb)

1. fail to catch, as of a ball
2. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
   • "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
   • synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, screw up, spoil