Fuzz

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

16 more languages

العربيةالزغبزبب

Българскимъхпух

Bosanskiпух

Catalàbòfia

Ελληνικάχνούδι

Esperantolanugo

Euskaratxakur

Suomihöytyväkytätnukka

Galegocotónfelpagaspallo

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻiheu

Hrvatskiпух

한국어보풀

Polskiprzester

Русский“pharaohs”копылегавыелягавыементымусорапухфарао́ны m pl Literally+ 5 more

Српскипух

Svenskaludd

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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