English noun: muff | |||
1. | muff (artifact) a warm tubular covering for the hands | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hand wear, handwear | ||
2. | muff (act) (sports) dropping the ball | ||
Synonyms | fumble | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall | ||
Domain category | American football, American football game, baseball, baseball game | ||
English verb: muff | |||
1. | muff (social) fail to catch, as of a ball | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fail, neglect | ||
2. | muff (social) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | ||
Samples | 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 | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fail, go wrong, miscarry | ||