muff

noun

  1. 1

    (sports) dropping the ball

  2. 2

    a warm tubular covering for the hands

verb

  1. 1

    make a mess of, destroy or ruin

    I botched the dinner and we had to eat out

    the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

  2. 2

    fail to catch, as of a ball

Synonyms

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