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  1. adjective Covered with fuzz.
  2. adjective Of or resembling fuzz.
  3. adjective Not clear; indistinct: a fuzzy recollection of past events.
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  • Her palms felt damp and her brain felt fuzzy, as if she weren't getting enough oxygen. —  Cinderella At The Ball
  • One minute his mind was empty, fuzzy, and the next ... sometimes ... an answer would appear. —  Tar Aiym Krang
  • Kate's thinking was getting fuzzy, and she was afraid she was going to black out. —  Kiss the Girls
  • His hair was blond and fuzzy, a trifle long, but clean. —  Sweet Anger
  • " His voice was fuzzy, and muffled by faux nonchalance. —  Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Perhaps from Low German fussig, spongy; see pū̆- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Of dial. origin, the same as or mixed with fozy, q. v. Cf. Low German fussig, loose, light, fibrous.
 

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/ˈfəzi/
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