muffnoun [ C ]
uk/mʌf/us/mʌf/a short tube of fur or warm cloth, used by women in the past to keep their hands warm in cold weather
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Gloves & accessories
- brolly
- buttonhole
- chunni
- corsage
- finger
- fingerless glove
- gloved
- hanky
- hatpin
- mitt
- mitten
- parasol
- pashmina
- pocket handkerchief
- shade
- sunshade
- tiepin
- umbrella
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muffverb [ T ]
uk/mʌf/us/mʌf/informalto spoil an opportunity or do something badly:
I only had two lines in the whole play and I muffed them.
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Failing and doing badly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls-up
- be running on empty idiom
- beat a dead horse idiom
- crack
- crash
- draw
- fail
- fall apart
- flunk out
- fray around/at the edges idiom
- fumble
- get off on the right/wrong foot idiom
- give up on sb/sth
- sink like a stone idiom 1
- sink like a stone
- so much for sth idiom
- stagnate
- strike out
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