Meaning

11 senses
  1. (UK)A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc., before being eaten.

  2. A cupcake-shaped baked good (for example of cornbread, banana bread, or a chocolate dough), sometimes glazed but typically without frosting, eaten especially for breakfast (in contrast to a cupcake, which is a dessert).

    Muffin

    кексkeks, ма́ффинmáffin

    ма́фінmáfin

  3. (colloquial, endearing)Term of endearment.

    I love you, muffin!

  4. (slang, vulgar)The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.

  5. (slang)A less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball.

  6. A charming, attractive young man.

  7. (dated)A small plate, smaller than a twiffler.

  8. (Northern England, UK, dialectal)A roll, bap or cob, which may or may not be flat or toasted.

  9. (slang)A very weak shot in ice hockey where the puck does not travel fast.

  10. A mechanism used in the Java Network Launching Protocol analogous to the cookie mechanism and which permits a program running in a browser to perform operations on a client machine.

  11. (Canada, archaic, slang)A young woman who would regularly accompany a particular man during a social season.

More definitions
  • a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan

Examples

66 sentences
  1. I baked some muffins.

    Я напік кексів.

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  2. I made muffins.

    Я зробила кекси.

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  3. Honey on a muffin tastes good.

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  4. I bought more of those muffins you like.

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  5. How many muffins do you sell a day?

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
cupcake-shaped baked good, American muffin:
Русский
By meaning 1
cupcake-shaped baked good, American muffin:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
flattish bun, English muffin:

Origin

From earlier moofin, probably a diminutive of Low German Muffe ("small cake"; Muffen (plur

From earlier moofin, probably a diminutive of Low German Muffe ("small cake"; Muffen (plural)), from Middle Low German muffe (“small pastry”). An alternative, and phonologically less plausible theory suggests a connection to Old French (pain) moflet (“roll”, literally “soft (bread)”). Sense “vulva” influenced by muff.

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