dictionary definitions for "fuzz"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  fuzz
      n 1: filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" [syn:
           hair, tomentum]
      2: 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

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fuzz \Fuzz\ (f[u^]z), v. t.
     To make drunk. [Obs.] --Wood.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     Fuzz ball, a kind of fungus or mushroom, which, when
        pressed, bursts and scatters a fine dust; a puffball.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fuzz \Fuzz\, v. i.
     To fly off in minute particles.
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