muff
- noun
- /mʌf/
- Jargon
:
fumble
- In the final minutes of the match, the player experienced a costly muff that allowed the opposing team to score.
So he was next to me and the muff did come in on me.
- So he was next to me and the muff did come in on me.
Examples
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After the quarterback's throw, the ball slipped from the receiver's hands, leading to a dramatic muff and turnover.
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So he was next to me and the muff did come in on me.
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Her voice rose above the collected muff of the other campers.
Fiction book (1993) -
Only five hits were made off the moist delivery, and those would not have come near scoring a tally if a wild peg by Zimmerman had not sent a Cardinal scurrying home in the first inning, and if a muff by Evers had not presented the home team with another in the sixth.
Blog text (8) -
The wide receiver dropped the pass he should have caught, resulting in a frustrating muff during the game.
Synonyms
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An accidental drop of the ball during a game
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Etymology
Muff in sports, meaning a dropped ball, comes from the verb muff meaning 'to handle clumsily' used in games when a player misses a catch. That's why a muff in sport is a mistake that lets the other team get the ball.