fuzz

fuzz ¹  (fz)

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  (fz)

n. Slang

The police.

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[Origin unknown.]

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fuzz ¹

Noun

a mass or covering of fine or curly hairs, fibres, etc. [probably from Low German fussig loose]

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fuzz ²

Noun

Brit, Austral & NZ slang the police or a policeman [origin unknown]

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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.

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

Translations

fuzz [fʌz] (inf) n (police);

the fuzz → die Bullen pl

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fuzz

n fuzz [faz]

a mass of soft, light material such as fine light hair etc The peaches were covered with fuzz. dons زَغَب мъх chmýří, plst dun der Flaum χνούδι vello, pelusa ebemed کرک nukka duvet שְׂעַר מְסוּלסַל घुंघराले बाल sicušne dlacice (ploda šipka, breskve) pihe bulu loðna, hárdúnn peluria けば 솜털 pūkeliai pūka; pūciņa bulu halus dons fine hår, dun, lo puszek 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

adj fuzzy

1 covered with fuzz fuzzy material. donserig أزْغَب، ذو زَغَب мъхест chlupatý, plstnatý dunet flaumig χνουδωτός velloso, 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 솜털로 덮인 pūkuotas pūkains berbulu halus donzig lodden, dunet, loet, kruset puszysty 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 rozmazaný uklar undeutlich θαμπός, θολός borroso, impreciso; confuso udune تار epäselvä flou מְעוּרפָּל अस्पष्ट nejasan, zamagljen homályos kabur óskÿr sfuocato ぼやけた 흐릿한, 불확실한 neryškus, miglotas neskaidrs; miglains kabur onscherp uklar, tåket, uskarp zamazany, niewyraźny impreciso neclar расплывчатый rozmazaný zabrisan, zamegljen mutan suddig ที่ไม่ชัดเจน net olmayan, flu 模糊的 непевний دھندلا mờ nhạt 模糊的

adv fuzzily

dowwerig بِغُموض، بِصورةٍ مُبْهَمَه неясно neurčitě uklart undeutlich,flaumig συγκεχυμένα borrosamente, confusamente, sin precisión uduselt بطور مبهم epäselvästi flou בִּמעוּרפָּל अस्पष्टता nejasno bodrosan, bolyhosan secara samar-samar á óskÿran hátt indistintamente ぼやけて 솜털처럼, 흐릿하게 neryškiai, miglotai neskaidri; miglaini dengan kabur onscherp uskarpt, tåket niewyraźnie 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

n fuzziness

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