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fuzz

UK/fʌz/ US/ˈfʌz/ uncommon dated slang us

noun

1.

filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

  • “peach fuzz”
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2.
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”
Synonyms
4.

Origin

Uncertain. Some dictionaries suggest a Germanic source; compare Low German fussig (“loose; spongy”), Dutch voos (“unsound; rotten”). Others, such as Webster's New College Dictionary, suggest a back-formation from fuzzy. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests, “Perhaps imitative of the action of blowing away light particles.”

Phrases

  • fuzz box
  • fuzz out
  • fuzz test
  • fuzz up
  • peach fuzz

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