• IPA: /ˈmʌfɪn/

From earlier moofin, of uncertain origin.

muffin (plural muffins)

1. (British) A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten; an English muffin.

   Synonyms: English muffin

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. (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.
   • 2001, JNLP and Java Web Start, Sun Developer Network, Technical Articles and Tips, 30 May 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."

4. (slang) Term of endearment.

   I love you, muffin!

5. (vulgar, slang) The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.

   Synonyms: muffin, Thesaurus:vagina

6. (baseball, slang) A less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball.
7. (slang) A charming, attractive young man.
8. (dated) A small plate, smaller than a twiffler.
9. (UK dialect, Northern England, especially, Manchester) A roll, bap or cob, which may or may not be flat or toasted.
10. (ice hockey, slang) A very weak shot in ice hockey where the puck does not travel fast.
11. (Canada, slang, archaic) A young woman who would regularly accompany a particular man during a social season. [late 1800s]

• French: muffin
• German: Muffin

• French: muffin
• German: Muffin
• Russian: кекс
• Spanish: panecillo, muffin

muffin (muffins, present participle muffining; simple past and past participle muffined)

1. (intransitive) To eat muffins.
2. (transitive) To feed muffins to.
   • 1866, Emma Jane Worboise, “The St. Beetha’s Temperance Society”, in St. Beetha’s; or, The Heiress of Arne, London: “Christian World” Office, […]; Jackson, Walford, and Hodder, […], →OCLC ↗, page 213 ↗:

     But one or two evil-disposed characters muttered they might be sure the lady had her own turn to serve, and they might be sure they wasn't "teaed and muffined and sandwiched for nothing!"

3. (intransitive) To become like a muffin; to increase in size.
4. (transitive) To make like a muffin.

muffin (muffins, present participle muffining; simple past and past participle muffined)

1. (transitive) Alternative case form of MUFFIN.

1. (rare) A female given name.
2. Surname.

muffin (muffins, present participle muffining; simple past and past participle muffined)

1. Alternative case form of MUFFIN

After the MUFFIN program written by Rich Williams at Apple, supposed to be an acronym of move utility for files in NewDOS.

muffin (muffins, present participle muffining; simple past and past participle muffined)

1. (computing, transitive) To transfer files between 13-sector and 16-sector Apple II diskettes, as with MUFFIN (Move Utility For Files In NewDOS.)