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English Dictionary: fuzz by the DICT Development Group
4 results for fuzz
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fuzz
n
  1. filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" [syn: hair, fuzz, tomentum]
  2. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
    Synonym(s): bull, cop, copper, fuzz, 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"
    Synonym(s): blur, fuzz
  4. the first beard of an adolescent boy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fuzz \Fuzz\, v. i.
      To fly off in minute particles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fuzz \Fuzz\, v. t.
      To make drunk. [Obs.] --Wood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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