FUZZ


Meaning of FUZZ in English

I. ˈfəz noun

( -es )

Etymology: probably back-formation from fuzzy

1. obsolete : puffball 1

2. : a mass of fluffy particles or fibers: as

a. : the short hairs remaining on the seed of most cotton varieties after removal of the longer lint fibers

b. : fibers that project from the surface of a sheet of paper or are not firmly incorporated into it

c. : the beard of an adolescent boy

although a little fuzz had recently begun to appear, had no real excuse for shaving — J.R.Gallagher

3. : a blurred effect

the rainbow-colored fuzz of streetlight nebula — MacKinlay Kantor

4. slang : an officer of the law : policeman

II. verb

( -ed/-ing/-es )

intransitive verb

: to fly off in or become covered with fluffy particles : become fuzzy

angora tends to fuzz

— often used with out

watch the cat's tail fuzz out when she's angry

fuzzing out of the legal concept … to comprise another new crime — Gerard Piel

transitive verb

1. : to cover with fluff : make fuzzy

the land was fuzzed with buffalo grass — W.A.White

2. : to envelop in a haze : blur

my head was still badly fuzzed from the drink — Ralph Ellison

— usually used with up

fuzz up the argument

if a little haze fuzzes up the lamps they say it's all closed in — C.A.Lindbergh b. 1902

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.