muffin
See also: Muffin
English
Etymology
From earlier moofin, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Low German muffen, plural of muffe (“small cake”), or perhaps a diminutive of muffe.
Pronunciation
Noun
muffin (plural muffins)
- (British) A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten.
- (US) A type of individual bread such as corn, bran, banana or zucchini bread often sliced and spread with butter, etc before being eaten.
- (especially US) (informally) A cupcake without frosting, but sometimes glazed.
- (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.
- (slang) Term of endearment.
- I love you, muffin!
- (sexual slang) A vulva.
- (baseball, slang) A less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball.
- (slang) A charming, attractive young man. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (dated) A small plate, smaller than a twiffler.
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 vulva):
- 1989: I wanna be stuffin’ Martha’s muffin!!!, — Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper Stuffin’ Martha’s Muffin.
Synonyms
- (flattish bun):: English muffin (US)
Derived terms
See also
- (term of endearment, small bread): cupcake
Translations
individual cake
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Danish
Etymology
Noun
muffin c (singular definite muffinen, plural indefinite muffins)
- muffin (cake)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "France" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /mœ.fin/
Audio (France): (file)
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Quebec" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /mɔ.fin/, /mɔ.fœn/
Audio (Quebec): (file)
Noun
muffin m (plural muffins)
Further reading
- “muffin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Etymology
Noun
muffin m (plural s)
- muffin (type of small cake)
Synonyms
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