muff

  • 21muff — 1. noun /mʌf/ a) A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm. b) Female pubic hair; the vulva. Syn: whiskers, beard, muff and beard …

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  • 22muff — • hylsa, hölje, hölster, fodral, skoning, muff, huv techn. • hylsa, hölje, hölster, fodral, skoning, muff, huv text. • hylsa, hölje, hölster, fodral, skoning, muff, huv obsc. • fitta, vulva, mutta, muff, mus …

    Svensk synonymlexikon

  • 23muff — I UK [mʌf] / US verb [transitive] Word forms muff : present tense I/you/we/they muff he/she/it muffs present participle muffing past tense muffed past participle muffed informal to do something badly II UK [mʌf] / US noun [countable] Word forms… …

    English dictionary

  • 24muff — muffy, adj. /muf/, n. 1. a thick, tubular case for the hands, covered with fur or other material, used by women and girls for warmth and as a handbag. 2. a bungled or clumsy action or performance. 3. Sports. a failure to hold onto a ball that may …

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  • 25Muff — Recorded in many forms as shown below, this is a medieval English surnames. It originates from the term maugh pronounced muff, and a nickname for someone who was related by marriage to an important person. Recorded as Muff, Maugh, Moff, Mough,… …

    Surnames reference

  • 26Muff — Muff1 Sm Handpelz erw. obs. (17. Jh.) Entlehnung. Als Kürzung aus älterem fnhd. muffe, mndl. muffe, moffe Pelzhandschuh erscheint im 16. Jh. nndl. mof, im 17. Jh. nhd. Muffen Pl. und Muffe f., später auch Muff m. Das Femininum hat sich als… …

    Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • 27muff — [[t]mʌ̱f[/t]] muffs, muffing, muffed 1) VERB If you muff something, you do it badly or you make a mistake while you are doing it, so that it is not successful. [INFORMAL] [V n] He muffed his opening speech. [V ed] ...a muffed opportunity. 2) N… …

    English dictionary

  • 28muff — • popular word for vagina or woman s pubic hair. Originates from the original meaning of muff for a fury hand warmer. A popular play on words in recent years is to say furry muff or hairy muff instead of fair enough and pretend that the other… …

    Londonisms dictionary

  • 29muff — 1 noun (C) a short tube of thick cloth or fur that you can put your hands into to keep them warm in cold weather see also: earmuffs 2 verb (T) 1 also muff up informal to spoil a chance to do something well: I wanted to impress her with my… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30muff —    This is said to or shouted at someone who is playing a sport badly, dropping a ball which should be caught, etc. Dickens was one of the first writers to record the word in The Pickwick Papers, where Mr Jingle equates it with ‘Butterfingers’… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address