Synonyms: fluff, down, hair, pile More Synonyms of fuzz
2. plural noun
Thefuzz are the police.
[informal, old-fashioned]
fuzz in British English1
(fʌz)
noun
1.
a mass or covering of fine or curly hairs, fibres, etc
2.
a blur
verb
3.
to make or become fuzzy
4.
to make or become indistinct; blur
Word origin
C17: perhaps from Low German fussig loose
fuzz in British English2
(fʌz)
noun slang
a.
the police
b.
a police officer
Word origin
C20: of uncertain origin
fuzz in American English
(fʌz)
noun
1.
very loose, light particles of down, wool, etc.; fine hairs or fibers
the fuzz on a peach
2.
a blurred, distorted audio effect deliberately produced when amplifying the sounds of an electronic musical instrument, as by overloading an amplification circuit
: also fuzztone
verb intransitive, verb transitive
3.
to cover or become covered with fuzz
4.
to make or become fuzzy
Idioms:
the fuzz
Word origin
< ? Du voos, spongy, or back-form. < fuzzy
Examples of 'fuzz' in a sentence
fuzz
IT'S been quite a week in the world of facial fuzz.
The Sun (2015)
She looked so small and frail, her head now covered only in peach fuzz.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I remember seeing a little peach fuzz and thinking my body was turning against me.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I don't want to lose my girlfriend or my facial fuzz.
The Sun (2007)
But different shapes of facial fuzz say more about a person than you might think, according to a light-hearted new book.
The Sun (2010)
(noun)
Definition
a mass or covering of fine or curly hairs, fibres, etc.
He had a baby fuzz round his jaw.
Synonyms
fluff
bits of fluff on the sleeve of her jumper
down
ducklings covered in soft down
hair
pile
the carpet's thick pile
fibre
a variety of coloured fibres
nap
She buried her face in the towel's soft nap.
floss
lint
phrase
See the fuzz
Additional synonyms
in the sense of down
Definition
soft fine feathers
ducklings covered in soft down
Synonyms
fluff,
nap,
fuzz,
pile,
oose (Scottish)
in the sense of fibre
Definition
a threadlike animal or plant tissue
a variety of coloured fibres
Synonyms
thread,
strand,
filament,
tendril,
pile,
texture,
staple,
wisp,
fibril
in the sense of nap
Definition
the raised fibres of velvet or similar cloth
She buried her face in the towel's soft nap.
Synonyms
pile,
down,
fibre,
weave,
texture,
shag,
grain
Nearby words of
fuzz
futile
futility
future
fuzz
fuzzy
g'day
gab
Related terms of
fuzz
the fuzz
Synonyms of 'fuzz'
fuzz
Explore 'fuzz' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of pile
Definition
the fibres in a fabric that stand up or out from the weave, such as in carpeting or velvet