Fuzz

5 definitions found

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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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