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muff

[muhf] / mʌf /
VERB
bungle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
botch flub fumble mishandle
STRONG
blunder boggle choke err miscalculate mismanage slip
WEAK
drop the ball foul up goof up make a mess of mess up screw up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
do well
STRONG
correct

Example Sentences

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The rising price of turkey "could have been a lot worse," according to John Muff, co-owner of Muff's Butchers in Wirral.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

Each of the band's members gave their own acceptance speech, with drummer Larry Mullen, Jr, recalling the group's first rejection letter, from the head of CBS Records, Muff Winwood.

From BBC • May 22, 2025

Taylor Muff scored 15 points for the Vaqueros.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021

Mark Twain’s boy hero enters a cave with Huck and Becky to save Muff Potter, a witness to a murder.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2020

When Naomi asked, Muff had said that carrying a revolver was usual for the oil field, or had been.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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