"moffle" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: moffles [present, singular, third-person], moffling [participle, present], moffled [participle, past], moffled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} moffle (third-person singular simple present moffles, present participle moffling, simple past and past participle moffled)
  1. (intransitive, UK, dialect, dated) To do something clumsily. Tags: UK, dated, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-moffle-en-verb-Wq2172au Categories (other): British English

Inflected forms

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