as in boots
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
muffed the repair job and had to do it again
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Verb
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Lake Mary’s O’Shea Faison fumbles after picking up the first down yardage.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Because even though, yes, some humans are skinny with big boobs, to be human is to grow and change and fluctuate.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Because relying on defensive turnovers and opponent miscues isn’t sustainable.—
Mike Straw,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Agustin Ramirez lofted a first-inning sacrifice fly for the Marlins, who built multirun rallies following Mets miscues in the third and seventh.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Paul finds out and blows his top.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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The mechanism blows inert gas across the fusion zone, preventing oxidation during the printing process.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Buffalo, known for end-of-half blunders in past years, scored a field goal as the first half expired after moving the ball 48 yards in three plays (including a spike).—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Since the election, Reform has tried to refashion itself from a protest vote party to one that could govern – untried and inexperienced, but ready to step in if the Labour Party buckles under its own blunders, and the once-mighty Conservatives drift further into political irrelevance.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But these techniques might go a long way towards reducing fabrications and inaccuracies.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Many parents are forced to think in terms of trade-offs, the study found, weighing the importance of family trips against retirement savings or their children's college funds.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Black Tomato found that trips to Ranthambore National Park in India to see tigers are up 50 percent since before Covid.—
Gaby Keiderling,
Robb Report,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Other discipline errors snowballed after that.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Alcaraz finished with 30 unforced errors, the same total as his opponent.—
Howard Fendrich,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Muffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muffs. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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