Fuzz
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
fuzz
n 1: filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" [syn:
{hair}, {fuzz}, {tomentum}]
2: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: {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" [syn: {blur}, {fuzz}]
4: the first beard of an adolescent boy
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
[1913 Webster]
{Fuzz ball}, a kind of fungus or mushroom, which, when
pressed, bursts and scatters a fine dust; a puffball.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "fuzz":
Dogberry, John Law, air, bluecoat, bobby, bubble, bull, chaff,
chip, cobweb, confuse, cop, copper, cork, daintiness, delicacy,
dick, down, downiness, dust, eiderdown, ether, fairy, feather,
filminess, fine-grainedness, fineness, flatfoot, flattie, floss,
flue, fluff, fluffiness, foam, fog, froth, fur, fuzziness,
gendarme, gossamer, gossameriness, gumshoe, heat, lint,
make uncertain, mote, muddle, muddy, obscure, officer, peach fuzz,
peeler, pig, pile, police, police officer, pubescence, refinement,
satin, satininess, shamus, silk, silkiness, smoothness, softness,
sponge, spume, straw, swansdown, the cops, the fuzz, the law,
thistledown, velvet, velvetiness
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