[syn: blur, fuzz]
4. the first beard of an adolescent boy;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fuzz \Fuzz\ (f[u^]z), v. t.
To make drunk. [Obs.] --Wood.
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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.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fuzz \Fuzz\, v. i.
To fly off in minute particles.
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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