Muff

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

2. A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object, as a pipe.

3. A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.

4. A stupid fellow; a poor-spirited person. [Colloq.] "A muff of a curate." Thackeray.

5. A failure to hold a ball when once in the hands.

6. The whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.]

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To handle awkwardly; to fumble; to fail to hold, as a ball, in catching it.