Muff /(mŭf)/

1. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.
2. A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe. (Mech.)
3. A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet. (Glass Manuf.)
4. A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person. [Colloq.]
5. A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands. (Baseball)
6. The whitethroat. (Zool.) [Prov. Eng.]

imp. & p. p. Muffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Muffing

1. To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.