| Muff 1. (n.) A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold. 2. (n.) A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe. 3. (n.) A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet. 4. (n.) A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person. 5. (n.) A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands. 6. (n.) The whitethroat. 7. (v. t.) To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it. Thesaurus Entries bad job, be all thumbs, bevue, blow, blunder, blunder away, blunder into, blunder on, blunder upon, bobble, boggle, bollix, bonehead play, boner, boo-boo, botch, bumble, bungle, butcher, butterfingers, clumsy, clumsy performance, commit a gaffe, dub, duffer, error, etourderie, faux pas, flounder, flub, fluff, foozle, foozler, foul-up, fumble, fumble-fist, gaucherie, goof, goof up, goofball, goofer, hash, hick, louse up, lumber, lummox, lump, mar, mess, miscue, mistake, muddle, muffer, murder, off day, play havoc with, rube, sad work, screw up, slip, slob, spoil, stumble, stumblebum, stumblebunny, trip |