muff

nouns

a warm tubular covering for the hands
is a type of (narrower)
clothing for the hands
(sports) dropping the ball

verbs

fail to catch, as of a ball
is a type of (narrower)
fail to do something; leave something undone
"She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
"I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"