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muff

noun verb

(sports) dropping the ball

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
M
Ends with
F
Contains
UF
Scrabble score
12
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. (sports) dropping the ball

noun

  1. a warm tubular covering for the hands

verb

  1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin

    “I botched the dinner and we had to eat out”

verb

  1. fail to catch, as of a ball

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Example Sentences

I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

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