English
Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�fɪn|-�fɪn
Noun
en-noun
- context|UK a type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten
- context|especially US A type of rich individual cake containing chocolate chips, blueberry|blueberries or some other flavouring.
- context|computing a mechanism used in the w:Java Network Launching Protocol|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
- context|slang a term of endearment
- context|sexual slang a vulva
- context|baseball|slang a less talented player
- context|slang a charming, attractive young man
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 stuffinâ�� Marthaâ��s muffin!!!, — Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper Stuffinâ�� Marthaâ��s Muffin.
Synonyms
(flattish bun): English muffin (US)
Derived terms
top2
English muffin
muffin cap
muffin top
mid2
muffin-warm
stud muffin
Translations
Spanish: muffin m
mid
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