Fuzz

Definition: Fuzz

Fuzz

Noun

1. Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz".

2. (informal) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.

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".

4. The first beard of an adolescent boy.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "fuzz" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1896. (references)

Etymology: Fuzz \Fuzz\, noun. [Compare to Prov. English fuzzy that ravels (of silk or cotton), Dutch voos spongy, fungous, German faser filament. English feaze to untwist.]. (references)

Industry

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Fuzz

Jurisdiction

Judge; tribunal; municipality, corporation, bailiwick, shrievalty; lord lieutenant, sheriff, shire reeve, shrieve, constable; selectman; police, police force, the fuzz; constabulary, bumbledom, gendarmerie.

Safety

Watchdog, bandog; Cerberus; watchman, patrolman, policeman; cop, dick, fuzz, smokey, peeler, zarp; sentinel, sentry, scout; (warning); garrison; guardship.

Crosswords: Fuzz

Never fool with a fuzz ball (Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment; writing credit: Barry W. Blaustein; Neal Israel)

Now I'm 'arrestin' this entire show on three counts: one, acts of self-conscious behavior contrary to the 'Not in front of the children' Act, two, always saying 'It's so and so of the Yard' every time the fuzz arrives and, three, and this is the cruncher, offences against the 'Getting out of sketches without using a proper punchline' Act, four, namely, simply ending every bleedin' sketch by just having a policeman come in and wait a minute (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

If you hate the fuzz on your ass, why don't you just shave it off (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond)

The Fuzz Brothers (1973)

Fuzz (1972)

The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971)

Fuzz Bucket (1986)

The Fuzz (1977)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Fuzz (reference)

• Fuzz & Feedback : Classic Guitar Music of the 60's (reference)

• Fuzz & Pluck (reference)

• Fuzz Does It! (reference)

• Peach Fuzz (Optima Large Print Books) [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Fuzz Buzz - Cats and Dogs as Friends (reference)

• Fuzz (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• March to Fuzz (reference)

• Tony the Tyger Presents: Fuzz Flakes Shakes 6 (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

And the hard little pears take shape, and the beginning of the fuzz comes out on the peaches

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "fuzz": Fuzz ball ♦ the fuzz. Additional references.

Beginning with "fuzz": fuzz-ball, fuzz-guitar.

Ending with "fuzz": de-fuzz.

Albanian

qime (fur, hair, pelage, Seta), pushëzoj, pushëzohet, push (bloom, Catkin, flue, fluff, nap, pile, pubescence), polici (constabulary, gendarmerie, gendarmery, police, policy). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كسا بالزغب, ‏لحية المراهق, ‏زغب (coma, fluff, hairy, nap, pile, plumule, pubescence, quilt), ‏زئبر زغب (pile), ‏زئبر, ‏جعله ضبابيا (befog). (various references)

Bulgarian 

коса като мъх или пух, влакънца, мъх (bristle, down, fluff, moss, nap, pile, pubescence), полицай (bluebottle, bull, constable, cop, copper, flatfoot, grass, gumshoe, jemadar, patrolman, peace officer, peeler, pendant, peon, pig, pointsman, police officer, policeman, rozzer, runner, shamus, slop, trap). (various references)

Czech

jemná vlákna, chmýří (fluff). (various references)

Danish

papirstøv. (various references)

Dutch

pluizigheid, papierstof (fluff, stock, stuff). (various references)

Farsi 

پرزدارکردن , پرز (Nap), مست کردن (Befuddle, Booze, Inebriate, Intoxicate, Lush, Sot, Tipple), کرکی کردن , کرکی شدن , کرک (Pile, Pubes, Wool), گیج کردن (Astonish, Befuddle, Bemuse, Bewilder, Confound, Confuse, Daze, Distract, Fox, Knockdown, Muddle, Perplex, Petrify, Stump, Stun, Stupefy), ریش تازه جوان , ریش ریش شدن . (various references)

Finnish

paperipöly, nukkapintaisuus, nukkaisuus, nukka (nap, pile). (various references)

French

rousse, poussière de papier, poil (fur), pilosité, excroissance, duveter, duvet (fuzziness), devenir flou, cheveux fin, bourre. (various references)

German

flaum (bloom, down, down fluff, floccus, fluff). (various references)

Greek 

χνούδι (down, floss, fluff, nap, pile). (various references)

Hebrew 

שער מתולתל. (various references)

Hungarian

pehely (eiderdown, flake, flakes, floccule, flock, floss, flue, fluff, nap, ooze, pappus, plume), bolyh (hair, pile). (various references)

Indonesian

bulu roma. (various references)

Italian

polvero, peluria (down, fluff, nap, undercoat), lanugine (down, floss, fluff). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

綿毛 (down, fluff), 毛羽 (fluff). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

わた�' (down, fluff), め�"もう (down, fluff), けば (fluff). (various references)

Manx

kerey magh (thrash out), dullyraght (dullness, opacity), cheet magh my clooie. (various references)

Pig Latin

uzzfay.(various references)

Portuguese

flocos (cereal), felpa (nap), cotão (fluf, fly, fuzziness). (various references)

Romanian

scamã (flue, fluff, lint, nap, squama), puf (bloom, down, floss, flue, fluff, lint, nap). (various references)

Russian 

пух (down, fluff, nap). (various references)

Scottish

balgan-béice (fuzz ball). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

policija (constabulary, police, police force, police office), malje. (various references)

Spanish

pelusa (down, fluff, shag). (various references)

Swedish

ludd (down, flue, fluff, nap). (various references)

Thai

คนมีหนว�" (fungus-face, fuzz-face). (various references)

Turkish

tüy gibi saç, polis (bluebottle, Bobby, bull, cop, copper, flatfoot, flattie, patrolman, peeler, police, policeman, policewoman, rozzer, the force, the heat), kuş tüyü (down, feather, plume), ince tüy (flue, pappus, pile), hav (down, floss, nap, pile), aynasız (bluebottle, Bobby, bull, cop, copper, flatfoot, flattie, peeler, pig, rozzer, shamus, the heat, wretch). (various references)

Ukrainian

пух (floss, fluff, wool), пишне волосся. (various references)

Vietnamese 

xơ sợi lông tơ tóc xoăn, thám tử (dick), lực lượng cảnh sát. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "fuzz": fuzzed, fuzzes, fuzzier, fuzziest, fuzzily, fuzziness, fuzzinesses, fuzzing, fuzzy. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Fuzz" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fazzi, fezz, Fiuza, fizzo, foz, Fuiza, fuoz, furz, fuz, Fuzzack, fyz, fz, luzzu, muzz, puzz, uzz. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

+1 letter: fuzzy.

+2 letters: fuzzed, fuzzes.

+3 letters: fuzzier, fuzzily, fuzzing.

+4 letters: fuzziest.

+5 letters: fuzziness.