muffin

Meaning

Noun

• A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten; an English muffin.
• 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).
• 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.
• Female pubic hair; female genitals (vulva, vagina), like muff.
• A less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball.
• A charming, attractive young man.
• A small plate, smaller than a twiffler.
• Another word for a roll, bap or cob, even one that isn’t flat or toasted.

Origin

• From earlier moofin, of uncertain origin. Likely from Low German muffen, plural or possibly a diminutive of Low German muffe, from Middle Low German muffe.