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Webster 1913 Edition


Muffin

Muf′fin

,
Noun.
[From
Muff
.]
A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea.

Webster 1828 Edition


Muffin

MUF'FIN

,
Noun.
A delicate or light cake.

Definition 2024


Muffin

Muffin

See also: muffin

German

Noun

Muffin m

  1. muffin (individual cake)

muffin

muffin

See also: Muffin

English

Noun

muffin (plural muffins)

  1. (Britain) A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten.
  2. (US) A type of individual bread such as corn, bran, banana or zucchini bread often sliced and spread with butter, etc before being eaten.
  3. (especially US) (informally) A cupcake without frosting, but sometimes glazed.
  4. (computing) 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.
  5. (slang) Term of endearment.
    I love you, muffin!
  6. (sexual slang) A ****.
  7. (baseball, slang) A less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball.
  8. (slang) A charming, attractive young man. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Quotations

computing term

  • 2001: The name/value pairs provided by the PersistenceService are similar to browser cookies. The Java Web Start implementation honors this legacy by naming the pairs "muffins." JNLP and Java Web Start, Sun Developer Network, Technical Articles and Tips, 30 May 2001.

the ****

  • 1989: I wanna be stuffin’ Martha’s muffin!!!, Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper Stuffin’ Martha’s Muffin.

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Danish

Noun

muffin c (singular definite muffinen, plural indefinite muffins)

  1. muffin (cake)

Declension

Uncertain.


French

Etymology

From English muffin.

Pronunciation

  • (France) IPA(key): /mœ.fin/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /mɔ.fin/, /mɔ.fœn/

Noun

muffin m (plural muffins)

  1. muffin

Portuguese

Noun

muffin m (plural muffins)

  1. muffin (type of small cake)

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