muff
A piece of fur or cloth, usually open at both ends, used to keep the hands warmA piece of fur or cloth, usually open at both ends, used to keep the hands warm.
» It’s important to cover your ears with ear muffs in a job like that.
Bei so einer Arbeit ist es wichtig, Ohrenschützer zu tragen.
In einem Beruf wie diesem ist es wichtig, Ohrenschützer zu verwenden.
Es ist wichtig, bei solchen Arbeiten Ohrenschützer zu tragen.
Meaning
11 sensesA piece of fur or cloth, usually open at both ends, used to keep the hands warm.
Muff
му́фтаmúfta
му́фтаmúfta
a warm tubular covering for the hands
(slang, vulgar)The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.
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мохнаткаmoxnatka
(slang, vulgar)A woman or girl.
A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak of some birds.
A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object such as a pipe.
муфтаmufta
(colloquial)A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person.
(slang)An error, a mistake; a failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.
A bird, the whitethroat.
(slang)A muffin.
(rare, slang)A term of endearment.
Examples
1 sentencesIt’s important to cover your ears with ear muffs in a job like that.
deBei so einer Arbeit ist es wichtig, Ohrenschützer zu tragen.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 3
By meaning 1
Origin
Probably from Dutch mof (“muff, mitten”). Unknown; perhaps a specialised use of EtymologyProbably from Dutch mof (“muff, mitten”).
Unknown; perhaps a specialised use of Etymology 1, above; or perhaps related to Dutch muffen (“to dote”) and German muffen (“to sulk”).
Clipping of muffin.
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