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Muffy

Muffy

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An informal female name often used in English-speaking countries
  • proper noun
  • /ˈmʌfi/
  • Informal
: Muffy
  • From the safety of Summer's lap, Muffy barked once, a delicate little yap.
  • Muffy whined
  • Muffy crawled
  • Muffy yapped

How could they have let COVID into the Country Club, Muffy?

Examples

  • Muffy, darling, Craig can meet the president on Sunday.

    It Takes Two (1995)

  • Oh come on, Muffy, the guy's a cop.

    Night of the Creeps (1986)

  • I could hear little Muffy whining outside the car all through it.

    Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

  • The time has come for me to tell Muffy and Bobo the truth.

    A Woman Rebels (1936)

  • Summer repeated herself, pointing in the general direction in which Muffy had disappeared.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • By the time she scooped up Muffy and headed after him, he was almost out of sight.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • With a yap, Muffy leaped from her arms and took off through the trees.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Securely cradled in warm arms once again, Muffy licked Summer's chin.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Oh come on, Muffy, the guy's a cop.

  • For a moment there, she had feared she and Muffy were being abandoned.

Surface Forms

Muffy main

Etymology

Muffy is an informal, friendly nickname. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the word muff, meaning 'soft handwarmer', with the ending -y added to make it 'cute', so Muffy feels like a cozy, playful female name often used as a nickname.