Meaning of Fuzz | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
   countable, uncountable
2. The police, or any law enforcement agency.
   US, slang, uncountable, with-definite-article
3. Quality of an image that is unclear; a blurred image.
   countable, uncountable
4. The random data used in fuzz testing.
   countable, uncountable
5. A distorted sound, especially from an electric guitar or other amplified instrument.
   countable, uncountable
6. A state of befuddlement.
   countable, uncountable
7. Fuzziness, vagueness.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“His cheeks were like peaches, with much the same sort of fuzz over them.”

“Once the eaglets are born—tiny balls of white fuzz—the adult eagles prove that birds can be as protective and solicitous of their young as humans.”

“...scientific advances happen more often at the frontier of representation, at the edge of resolution where an image dissolves into fuzz and blur.”

“"Fuzz testing" or "fuzzing" is a technique for software testing that provides random data ("fuzz") to the inputs of a program.”

“This gives a good soft clipping effect and a good fuzz sound.”

“I think I'm in a fuzz, and don't know what I ſay, I never ſaw the like.”

“So I'm in a fuzz of not knowing what to do”

“Let's get the hell out of here before the fuzz turns up”

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