EGAVE

muff

About 0.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A piece of fur or cloth, usually open at both ends, used to keep the hands warm.
  2. noun The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.
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  3. noun A woman or girl.
  4. noun A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
  5. noun The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak of some birds.
  6. noun A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object such as a pipe.
  7. noun A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  8. noun An error, a mistake; a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.

Similar words

bobble fluff ball up blow screw up bollocks spoil mess up louse up bollocks up

Often followed by

and potter of to in was it on the

Word family

muffed muffing muffs

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