a warm tubular covering for the hands
Used in a Sentence
muff
How to use muff in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for muff.
Editorial note
Cable and needed muff replacement on one side. Earbuds?
Examples9
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
a warm tubular covering for the hands
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of muff gathered in one view.
(sports) dropping the ball
fail to catch, as of a ball
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for muff.
noun
a warm tubular covering for the hands
noun
(sports) dropping the ball
See also: fumble
verb
fail to catch, as of a ball
verb
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"
See also: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, blow, flub, spoil, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollocks
Example sentences
Cable and needed muff replacement on one side. Earbuds?
What feminist muff is he puffing? I can't stand white knighting especially when it befalls other men in armor.
And I personally don't think John Oliver supports the ear muff district. He obviously has writers and it slipped through.
Dymk, while you prompted this post, this has nothing to do with you, so ear muff it for a sec if you don't mind. If I may briefly stand on my soapbox: I'm starting to think analogies never help prove a point.
What feminist muff is he puffing? Seriously, what does this contribute to the discussion?
However, the biggest muff that people in this position do, is that they don't understand options and how they work, a little what this guy was saying. Take the options, why not, but treated as money and not sweat equity.
When I cut grass professionally I would wear my headphones and then put muff style hearing protection over my ears. This combo allowed me to listen to podcasts while running a large gas powered zero degree mower.
Fairy muff. Interestingly, the t-test, probably one of the most relevant pieces of mathematics in modern science, was invented by Gossett in the Guiness brewery in Dublin in 1908.
Perhaps injudicious to fan the flames with a word like "muff" but I also 100% support this guy Ben Nordhuuis's response. Gender inequality is a real and important issue, but that does not mean that people writing code have to accept pull requests from busybodies piddling around with pronouns in comments.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use muff in a sentence?
Cable and needed muff replacement on one side. Earbuds?
What does muff mean?
a warm tubular covering for the hands
What part of speech is muff?
muff is commonly used as noun, verb.