muffin

[muhf-in] /ˈmʌf ɪn/

noun

an individual cup-shaped quick bread made with wheat flour, cornmeal, or the like, and baked in a pan (muffin pan) containing a series of cuplike forms.

English muffin.

Origin

1695-1705; origin uncertain

Examples from the web for muffin

Another tip is to portion the pesto into muffin cups, freeze, and then place the frozen pesto cups in a freezer storage bag.
Put two or three buttered muffin rings in the water.
Break each egg separately into a saucer, and carefully slip into a muffin ring.
Press into standard sized muffin tins, bake until golden brown.
The mayor of the bookstore coffee shop, for instance, gets a free muffin every time he or she makes a purchase.
Cut dough into rounds with cookie cutter and line eight sections of a mini-muffin tin with dough.
He once said that he particularly liked books that had old muffin crumbs in them.
muffin crumbs in your computer would not be a good idea.
Griffin's scones are so light and moist that they fall between cake and a well-made muffin.
Add grated zucchini, carrots, or apples to plain muffin mix.

British Dictionary definitions for muffin

muffin

/ˈmʌfɪn/

noun

(Brit) a thick round baked yeast roll, usually toasted and served with butter

(US & Canadian) a small cup-shaped sweet bread roll, usually eaten hot with butter

Word Origin

C18: perhaps from Low German muffen, cakes

Word Origin and History for muffin

"light, small cake made with eggs," 1703, moofin, possibly from Low German muffen, plural of muffe "small cake;" or somehow connected with Old French moflet "soft, tender" (said of bread). Muffin top in reference to waistline bulge over tight, low jeans is attested by 2005, from resemblance to baked muffins from a tin.

Slang definitions & phrases for muffin

muffin

noun

A young girl, esp one's girlfriend (1856+ Canadian)

Related Terms

stud muffin