English Explanatory Dictionary

muffin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc., before being eaten.
  2. A cupcake-shaped baked good (for example of cornbread, banana bread, or a chocolate dough), sometimes glazed but typically without frosting, eaten especially for breakfast (in contrast to a cupcake, which is a dessert).
  3. Term of endearment.
  4. The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.
  5. A less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball.
  6. A charming, attractive young man.
  7. A small plate, smaller than a twiffler.
  8. A roll, bap or cob, which may or may not be flat or toasted.
  9. A very weak shot in ice hockey where the puck does not travel fast.
  10. A young woman who would regularly accompany a particular man during a social season.
  11. A mechanism used in the Java Network Launching Protocol analogous to the cookie mechanism and which permits a program running in a browser to perform operations on a client machine.
verb
  1. To eat muffins.
  2. To feed muffins to.
  3. To become like a muffin; to increase in size.
  4. To make like a muffin.
verb
  1. Alternative letter-case form of MUFFIN.
name
  1. A female given name.
  2. A surname.
verb
  1. Alternative letter-case form of MUFFIN.
verb
  1. To transfer files between 13-sector and 16-sector Apple II diskettes, as with MUFFIN (Move Utility For Files In NewDOS.)

Pronunciation

/ˈmʌf.ɪn/ En-us-muffin.ogg

Word forms

muffin muffins muffining muffined

Etymology

From earlier moofin, probably a diminutive of Low German Muffe ("small cake"; Muffen (plural)), from Middle Low German muffe (“small pastry”). An alternative, and phonologically less plausible theory suggests a connection to Old French (pain) moflet (“roll”, literally “soft (bread)”). Sense “vulva” influenced by muff.

Synonyms

English muffin cupcake babber babe precious bae baby babycakes bubba bully buttercup cabbage chickabiddy chickadee chuck cutie dag darling dear dear heart dearest dearie dearling doll doodlebug dove duck ducky dumpling fam heart heartface heartling heartmate hinny hon honey honey bun honeybunch honeybug honeybunny honeycakes honeypie jewel jo kidder lambchop lambkin lass (archaic except UK dialectal (chiefly Geordie Wearside) informal or poetic) liefling little one love lovebug loveling lovie luvvy m'dear

Derived words

American muffin blueberry muffin baby bruffin buff the muffin cruffin duffin English muffin make muffins McMuffin meadow muffin minimuffin muffin cap muffin choker muffin cup muffineer muffinery muffin-face muffinless muffin-less muffin-like muffinlike muffin pan muffin stand muffin tin muffin top muffin-warm muffin worry muffiny scuffin sparklemuffin stud muffin studmuffin whatever butters your muffin

Translations

Afrikaans: muffin Arabic: مَفِن Chinese Mandarin: 滿福堡 /满福堡 Chinese Mandarin: 英式瑪芬 /英式玛芬 Chinese Mandarin: 英式鬆餅 /英式松饼 Esperanto: mafino French: muffin German: Muffin Norwegian Bokmål: muffins Polish: proziak Portuguese: muffin
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