fuzz

/fʌz/
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fuzz

A teenage boy notices the first fuzz on his chin in the mirror.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Very short, soft hairs: A covering of fine, soft, and often short hairs, especially on a person's face or on the surface of some fruits.
    • A blurred or indistinct shape or image: Something that appears hazy, unclear, or out of focus.
    • Police officers (slang, often plural): An informal, sometimes derogatory term for police officers.
    • A frizzy or fluffy mass of fibers or hair: A tangled or fluffy state of hair or fibers.
Usage Examples
  • Noun (Soft hairs):
    • He rubbed his cheek, feeling the soft fuzz of his first beard.
    • The peach was covered in a delicate fuzz.
  • Noun (Blurred image):
    • The photo was a complete fuzz; I couldn't recognize anyone.
    • Without my glasses, the world is just a colorful fuzz.
  • Noun (Police, slang):
    • The fuzz showed up just as the party was getting loud.
    • He was always careful not to attract attention from the fuzz.
Advanced Usage
  • "the fuzz": Used as a collective noun for the police.
    • Watch out, the fuzz are patrolling this area tonight.
  • "in a fuzz": In a state of confusion or mental blurriness.
    • After the long meeting, my mind was in a complete fuzz.
Variants and Related Words
  • Fuzzy (adjective): Having a soft, indistinct, or frizzy texture; unclear.
    • The TV picture was fuzzy.
    • She wore a fuzzy sweater.
Synonyms
  • For soft hairs: Down, fluff, nap, pile.
  • For a blur: Blur, haze, indistinctness.
  • For police (slang): The cops, the police, the law.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Compounds
  • Fuzz up (verb, informal): To make something fuzzy, blurred, or confused.
    • The static fuzzed up the radio signal.
    • Too many details can fuzz up the main point of your story.
Related Idioms
  • "Fuzz factor": An allowance for error or uncertainty.
    • Our calculations include a small fuzz factor for measurement errors.
fuzz

A teenage boy notices the first fuzz on his chin in the mirror.

Noun
  1. the first beard of an adolescent boy
  2. a hazy or indistinct representation
    • it happened so fast it was just a blur
    • he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz
  3. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
  4. filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
    • peach fuzz

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