muffin.
A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc., before being eaten.
Meaning & usage
A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc., before being eaten.
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).
Term of endearment.
I love you, muffin!
The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.
A less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball.
A charming, attractive young man.
A small plate, smaller than a twiffler.
A roll, bap or cob, which may or may not be flat or toasted.
A very weak shot in ice hockey where the puck does not travel fast.
A young woman who would regularly accompany a particular man during a social season.
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.
Where this word comes from
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.
To eat muffins.
To feed muffins to.
To become like a muffin; to increase in size.
To make like a muffin.
Where this word comes from
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.
Alternative letter-case form of MUFFIN.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.