muff
English Thesaurus
1. (sports) dropping the ball (noun.act)
| domain category | : | american football, american football game, |
| definition | : | a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | baseball, baseball game, |
| definition | : | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs (noun.act) |
2. a warm tubular covering for the hands (noun.artifact)
3. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)
4. fail to catch, as of a ball (verb.social)
5. (sports) dropping the ball (noun.act)
| derivation | : | fumble, |
| definition | : | drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | muff, |
| definition | : | fail to catch, as of a ball (verb.social) |
6. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)
| derivation | : | fluff, |
| definition | : | a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | screwup, |
| definition | : | the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation (noun.act) |
7. fail to catch, as of a ball (verb.social)
8. (sports) dropping the ball (noun.act)
| derivation | : | fumble, |
| definition | : | drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | muff, |
| definition | : | fail to catch, as of a ball (verb.social) |
9. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)
| derivation | : | fluff, |
| definition | : | a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | screwup, |
| definition | : | the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation (noun.act) |
10. fail to catch, as of a ball (verb.social)
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