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fuzz 1
(fŭz)n.
A mass or coating of fine, light fibers, hairs, or particles; down: the fuzz on a peach.
v. fuzzed, fuzz·ing, fuzz·es
v.tr.
1. To cover with fine, light fibers, hairs, or particles.
2. To make blurred or indistinct: fuzzing the difference between the two candidates; worked quickly to fuzz up the details of the scandal.
v.intr.
To become blurred or obscure.
[Perhaps back-formation from fuzzy.]
fuzz 2
(fŭz)n. Slang
The police.
[Origin unknown.]
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fuzz
(fʌz)n
1. a mass or covering of fine or curly hairs, fibres, etc
2. a blur
vb
3. to make or become fuzzy
4. to make or become indistinct; blur
[C17: perhaps from Low German fussig loose]
fuzz
(fʌz)[C20: of uncertain origin]
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fuzz1
(fʌz)n.
1. loose, light, fibrous, or fluffy matter.
2. a mass or coating of such matter: the fuzz on a peach.
v.t., v.i. 3. to make or become fuzzy; make or become less clear, understandable, etc. (often fol. by up).
[1595–1605]
fuzz2
(fʌz)n., pl. fuzz, fuzz•es for 2. Slang.
1. the police.
2. a police officer or detective.
[1925–30, Amer.; of uncertain orig.]
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Fuzz
a mass of light, fine fluffy particles; U. S. Slang, the police collectively.Examples: fuzz of hair, 1720; of paper-lace, 1881.
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fuzz
Past participle: fuzzed
Gerund: fuzzing
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| Noun | 1. |  fuzz - filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"plant process, enation - a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ stinging hair - a multicellular hair in plants like the stinging nettle that expels an irritating fluid beard - a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses |
| 2. |  fuzz - uncomplimentary terms for a policemancolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | |
| 3. |  fuzz - a hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"internal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image | |
| 4. | fuzz - the first beard of an adolescent boy |
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fuzz
noun fluff, down, hair, pile, fibre, nap, floss, lint He had a baby fuzz round his jaw.
the fuzz (Slang) the police, the law (informal), the police force, the constabulary, the law enforcement agency, the boys in blue (informal), the Old Bill (slang) The fuzz want to question you.
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fuzz
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Translations
زَغَب
chmýříplst
dun
pihe
loîna, hárdúnn
neryškiaineryškumaspūkuotumas
pūciņapūka
chĺpky
havincecik tüy
fuzz
[fʌz] NCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fuzz
n
(on peach, youth’s chin etc) → Flaum m; (inf, = bushy beard etc) → Gemüse nt (inf); (= frizzy hair) → Wuschelkopf m
(inf, = blur, blurred sound) → Unschärfen pl
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fuzz
(faz) noun a mass of soft, light material such as fine light hair etc. The peaches were covered with fuzz.
ˈfuzzy adjective1. covered with fuzz. fuzzy material.
2. indistinct; blurred; not clear. The television picture was fuzzy.
ˈfuzzily adverbˈfuzziness noun
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