noun the whitethroat.
2. muff ·noun a stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person.
3. muff ·noun a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
4. muff ·noun a short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe.
5. muff ·noun a blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
6. muff ·noun a soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.
7. muff ·vt to handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.