fuzz

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.

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[Perhaps back-formation from fuzzy.]

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fuzz ²

 (fŭz)

n. Slang

The police.

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[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]

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fuzz

(fʌz)

n

(Law) a slang word for police, policeman

[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

Imperative

fuzz

fuzz

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fuzz - filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" tomentum, hair 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 policeman cop, copper, pig, bull colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech police officer, policeman, officer - a member of a police force; "it was an accident, officer"
	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" blur 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 beard, face fungus, whiskers - the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face

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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

noun

Slang. A member of a law-enforcement agency:

bluecoat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, policeman, police officer, policewoman.

Informal: cop, law.

Slang: bull, copper, flatfoot, gendarme, heat, man (often uppercase).

Chiefly British: bobby, constable, peeler.

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Translations

زَغَب

chmýříplst

dun

Flaum

arnaqueduvet

pihe

loîna, hárdúnn

capelli crespila madamapoliziapularicci

neryškiaineryškumaspūkuotumas

pūciņapūka

fine hår

chĺpky

havincecik tüy

绒毛

fuzz

[fʌz] N

1. (on chin) → vello m; (= fluff) → pelusa f

2. the fuzz → la poli, la pasma (Sp) , los tiras (Chile)

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fuzz

[ˈfʌz]

n

(on body, face) → duvet m

fuzz npl
the fuzz → les flics

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

(dated esp Brit inf: = police) the fuzz → die Bullen pl (sl)

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fuzz

[fʌz] n (frizzy hair) → capelli mpl crespi; (on chin) → peluria
the fuzz (fam) → la polizia

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. dons زَغَب мъх penugem chmýří, plst der Flaum dun χνούδιvello, pelusa ebemed کرک nukka duvet שְׂעַר מְסוּלסַל घुंघराले बाल sicušne dlacice (ploda šipka, breskve) pihe bulu loðna, hárdúnn peluria けば 솜털, 잔털, 보풀 pūkeliai pūka; pūciņa bulu halus donsfine hår, dun, lo puszek په مایعاتو کښې ګاز penugem puf пушок chĺpky puh malje fjun, dun, ludd กลุ่มขนบาง ๆ hav, incecik tüy 絨毛 пух, пушинка ملائم ، ریشے دار ہلکی شے tóc xù, xoăn 绒毛

ˈfuzzy adjective

1. covered with fuzz. fuzzy material. donserig أزْغَب، ذو زَغَب мъхест penugento chlupatý, plstnatý flaumig dunet χνουδωτόςvelloso, con pelusilla; rizado, crespo ebemeline کرک دار nukkainen floconneux מְכוּסֶה בְּמוֹך फुलफुला, रोएंदार dlakav bolyhos berbulu þakinn fíngerðum hárum, loðinn lanuginoso けば立った 보풀로 덮인 pūkuotas pūkains berbulu halus donziglodden, dunet, loet, krusetpuszysty ګاز لرونكى penugento pufos пушистый chlpatý puhast maljav fjunig ที่ปกคลุมไปด้วยขนบาง ๆ havlı 有絨毛的 пухнастий ملائم ، ریشے دار شے xoăn; xù 有绒毛的

2. indistinct; blurred; not clear. The television picture was fuzzy. dof غامِض، مُبْهَم неясен impreciso rozmazaný undeutlich uklar θαμπός, θολός borroso, impreciso; confuso udune تار samea flouמעורפל अस्पष्ट nejasan, zamagljen homályos kabur óskÿr sfuocato ぼやけた 흐릿한 neryškus, miglotas neskaidrs; miglains kabur onscherpuklar, tåket, uskarpzamazany, niewyraźny تياره impreciso neclar расплывчатый rozmazaný zabrisan, zamegljen mutan suddig ที่ไม่ชัดเจน net olmayan, flu 模糊的 непевний دھندلا mờ nhạt 模糊的

ˈfuzzily adverb

dowwerig بِغُموض، بِصورةٍ مُبْهَمَه неясно imprecisamente neurčitě undeutlich, flaumig uklart συγκεχυμένα borrosamente, confusamente, sin precisión uduselt بطور مبهم sameasti flou בִּמעוּרפָּל अस्पष्टता nejasno bodrosan, bolyhosan secara samar-samar á óskÿran hátt indistintamente ぼやけて 흐릿하게 neryškiai, miglotai neskaidri; miglaini dengan kabur onscherpuskarpt, tåket niewyraźnie په ناواضح توګه imprecisamente neclar расплывчато neurčite nejasno mutno suddigt, otydligt อย่างไม่ชัดเจน bulanık/donuk bir şekilde 模糊地 непевно غیر واضح طور پر mờ nhạt 模糊地

ˈfuzziness noun

dofheid غُموض، إبْهام мъглявост imprecisão chlupatost; neostrost die Flaumigkeit, die Undeutlichkeit uskarphed ασάφειαimprecisión; confusión ebemelisus, ähmasus ابهام sameus flouערפול अस्पष्टता nejasnoća, dlakavost bodorítás, bolyhosság kekaburan óskÿrleiki l'essere sfuocato けば立ち 흐릿함 neryškumas, pūkuotumas pūkainums; neskaidrums kekaburan donzigheid, onscherpheid uskarphet, tåkethet brak wyrazistości ابهام imprecisão neclaritate расплывчатость chlpatosť; rozmazanosť zabrisanost mutnost suddighet, otydlighet ความไม่ชัดเจน havlılık; bulanıklık 模糊 непевність دھندلاپن sự mờ nhạt 模糊

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