cotton, fluff, lint; police, cop (Slang)
cover with fuzz, become fuzzy
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Fuzz Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To make drunk.
To make drunk.
(v. i.)
To fly off in minute particles.
To fly off in minute particles.
(n.)
Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutFine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter.
fuzz
\fuzz\ (?), v. t. to make drunk. [obs.]
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.
fuzz
\fuzz\, v. i. to fly off in minute particles.
fuzz
n
1. filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" [syn: hair, tomentum]
2. (informal) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, cop, copper, 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]
4. the first beard of an adolescent boy
policemen, cops, pigs The boys ran away when the fuzz drove up in a patrol car.
policemen, cops, pigs
The boys ran away when the fuzz drove up in a patrol car.
The boys ran away when the fuzz drove up in a patrol car.
police force; police officer
to pretend to shuffle a deck of cards
noun. A policeman, detective, or the police force as a whole.
Noun
1. filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"
(synonym) hair, tomentum
(hypernym) plant process, enation
(hyponym) stinging hair
2. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
(synonym) bull, cop, copper, pig
(hypernym) policeman, police officer, officer
(classification) colloquialism
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"
(synonym) blur
(hypernym) representation, mental representation, internal representation
4. the first beard of an adolescent boy
(hypernym) beard, face fungus, whiskers
Fuzz Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Fuzz may refer to:
- Vellus, a type of short, fine body hair on an animal
- Tomentum, a filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
- Focus (optics), a blur effect
- Fuzzbox, an electric guitar distortion effect
- A derogatory slang term for the police
- FuzzBuster, a brand of radar detector
- The Fuzz (band), a 1970s music group
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