Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fuzz"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fuzz \Fuzz\, v. i.
To fly off in minute particles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fuzz \Fuzz\, v. t.
To make drunk. [Obs.] --Wood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
{Fuzz ball}, a kind of fungus or mushroom, which, when
pressed, bursts and scatters a fine dust; a puffball.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fuzz
n 1: filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" [syn: {hair},
{tomentum}]
2: (informal) 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
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