FUZZ DEFINITIONS - 9 definitions found
fuzz n 1: filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" [syn: hair, fuzz, tomentum] 2: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig] 3: a hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz" [syn: blur, fuzz] 4: the first beard of an adolescent boy Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) fuzz I. noun Etymology: probably back-formation from fuzzy Date: 1674 1. fine light particles or fibers (as of down or fluff) 2. a blurred effect II. verb Date: circa 1702 intransitive verb 1. to fly off in or become covered with fluffy particles 2. to become blurred <her frame of reference fuzzing at the edges — Jane O'Reilly> transitive verb 1. to make fuzzy 2. to envelop in a haze III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1927 police; also a police officer Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary fuzz 1. Fuzz is a mass of short, curly hairs. N-UNCOUNT: also a N 2. The fuzz are the police. (INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED) N-PLURAL: usu the N Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Fuzz \Fuzz\, v. i. To fly off in minute particles. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Fuzz \Fuzz\, v. t. To make drunk. [Obs.] --Wood. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Fuzz \Fuzz\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. fuzzy that ravels (of silk or cotton), D. voos spongy, fungous, G. faser filament. E. feaze to untwist.] Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter. Fuzz ball, a kind of fungus or mushroom, which, when pressed, bursts and scatters a fine dust; a puffball. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 75 Moby Thesaurus words for "fuzz": Dogberry, John Law, air, bluecoat, bobby, bubble, bull, chaff, chip, cobweb, confuse, cop, copper, cork, daintiness, delicacy, dick, down, downiness, dust, eiderdown, ether, fairy, feather, filminess, fine-grainedness, fineness, flatfoot, flattie, floss, flue, fluff, fluffiness, foam, fog, froth, fur, fuzziness, gendarme, gossamer, gossameriness, gumshoe, heat, lint, make uncertain, mote, muddle, muddy, obscure, officer, peach fuzz, peeler, pig, pile, police, police officer, pubescence, refinement, satin, satininess, shamus, silk, silkiness, smoothness, softness, sponge, spume, straw, swansdown, the cops, the fuzz, the law, thistledown, velvet, velvetiness |
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