Crossword clues for muffed
muffed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Muff \Muff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Muffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Muffing.] To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: muff)
Usage examples of "muffed".
But, at all events, Tubby began early to ride Larry, insinuating--when the unhappy fellow had muffed a difficult or purposely confusing question--that perhaps if less time were spent on physical adornment and a little more on mental beautification his chances of graduating would be improved.
A furious clanging of bells broke out of the empty house, followed by muffed gurglings and trumpetings.
He had probably asked Pooch for the honor of asking me, and had muffed it.
They would lie awake of nights, thinking they heard the muffed snapping of roots, as if a thousand acres of the mountain-side were tugging to break away, like the snow from a house-roof, and a hundred thousand trees were clinging with all their fibres to hold back the soil just ready to peel away and crash down with all its rocks and forest-growths.
She gave him chances without end to say something meaningful, but he always muffed it.
Roland bawled something through his megaphone, but it was muffed by the sucking, washing noises of the water between the ships.