fuzz

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  1. noun A mass or coating of fine, light fibers, hairs, or particles; down: the fuzz on a peach.
  2. transitive verb To cover with fine, light fibers, hairs, or particles.
  3. transitive verb To make blurred or indistinct: fuzzing the difference between the two candidates; worked quickly to fuzz up the details of the scandal.
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  • “I didn't want to call the fuzz.” Big Nev and the police aren't on the best of terms ever since they caught him trying to steal a patrol vehicle from outside the station. —  EQMM,March-April2006
  • The gilt-framed looking-glass in the entrance hall bore a coat of grey-brown fuzz, the glass itself gone speckled and dim. —  King, Laurie R - Russell-Holmes 08 - Locked Rooms
  • The image had a tendency to double and/or fuzz, an effect which did nothing to improve Phule's disposition as he tried to maintain a pleasant air while focusing bleary eyes on the elusive phantom. —  Phule 01 - Phules Company
  • First she heard a lot of fuzz, then a crackle, followed by her name. —  Gone by Lisa Gardner
  • Fuzz knob: This controls, as you might imagine, exactly how much fuzz is applied to the signal. —  Softpedia - Windows - All
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Perhaps back-formation from fuzzy.
  2. Origin unknown.

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  1. apparently from the adjective fuzzy, q. v., the same as or mixed with fozy, light and spongy (cf. Dutch voos, spongy): see fozy, foze, and cf. fuzzball.
  2. from fuzz, n.
  3. Origin obscure; cf. fuzzle.
 

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