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Muffed vs Cuffed - What's the difference?

muffed | cuffed |

As verbs the difference between muffed and cuffed

is that muffed is past tense of muff while cuffed is past tense of cuff.

muffed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (muff)

    • muff

    English

    (wikipedia muff)

    Etymology 1

    Probably from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.
  • *
  • *:Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff .
  • (lb) Female pubic hair; the vulva.
  • (lb) 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.
    • Synonyms
    * whiskers, beard, muff and beard (bird feathers)
    Related terms
    * muff-diver * muff-diving * muff pistol

    Etymology 2

    Origin unknown; perhaps a specialised use of Etymology 1, above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (colloquial) A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person.
  • * Thackeray
    • a muff of a curate
  • A bird, the whitethroat.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (sport) To drop or mishandle (the ball, a catch etc.); to play badly.
  • To mishandle; to bungle.
  • * 1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books 2006, p. 69:
    • Here was the superlative opportunity to make a generous and lasting settlement from a position of strength; but the pieds noirs , like the Israelis, and from not altogether dissimilar motives, were to muff it.

    Etymology 3

    Shortening.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A muffin.
    • ----

    cuffed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cuff)

    • cuff

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) cuffe, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) glove; mitten.
  • The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.
  • The end of a pants leg, folded up.
    • Related terms
    * cufflinks * turnup * off-the-cuff

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To furnish with cuffs.
  • To handcuff.

    • Etymology 2

    1520, “to hit”, apparently of (etyl) origin, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l), (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again.
  • * Dryden
    • They with their quills did all the hurt they could, / And cuffed the tender chickens from their food.
  • To fight; to scuffle; to box.
  • * Dryden
    • While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport.
  • To buffet.
  • * Tennyson
    • cuffed by the gale

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.
  • * Spenser
    • Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies; / Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff.
  • * Hudibras
    • Many a bitter kick and cuff .