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muffins

muffins is the plural of muffin.

muffins is the third-person singular simple present indicative of muffin.

Meaning of muffin

Noun

muffin (plural muffins)

  1. (UK) A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc., before being eaten.
    • […] but he had still at intervals a kind listener in Mrs. Phillips, and was by her watchfulness, most abundantly supplied with coffee and muffin.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XVI, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 174
    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).
    • Aubrey got a bowl of soup, a cup of coffee, beef stew, and bran muffins, and took them to an empty seat by the window. He ate with one eye on the street.1919, Christopher Morley, “(please specify the page)”, in The Haunted Bookshop, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC
  3. (colloquial, endearing) Term of endearment.
    • I love you, muffin!
  4. (slang, vulgar) The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.
    • I wanna be stuffin' Martha's muffin!1986, “Stuffin' Martha's Muffin”, in Frenzy, performed by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
  5. (slang) A less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball.
  6. (dated or LGBTQ slang) A charming, attractive young man.

See all 18 meanings of muffin

Verb capitalized: MUFFINs

MUFFINs

  1. (indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of MUFFIN

Phrases with muffins

Questions about muffins

What is muffins the plural of?
Muffins is the plural of muffin.
What part of speech is muffins?
Muffins is a verb.

Words near muffins in the dictionary

  1. muffinier
  2. muffiniers
  3. muffining
  4. muffinless
  5. muffinlike
  6. muffins
  7. muffinsucker
  8. muffiny
  9. muffish
  10. muffishness
  11. muffle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: muffins (page history and authors); MUFFINs (page history and authors); muffin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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