noun · countable / uncountable · rare

fuzz

fuzz · fuzzes

волосся, волос, волосина

пух

Haar, Haare

A frizzy mass of hair or fibreA frizzy mass of hair or fibre.

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/fʌz/

» The candy was coated with pocket fuzz.

Meaning

7 senses

(countable, uncountable)A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
пухpux
(countable, uncountable)Quality of an image that is unclear; a blurred image.
(countable, uncountable)The random data used in fuzz testing.
(countable, uncountable)A distorted sound, especially from an electric guitar or other amplified instrument.
(countable, uncountable)A state of befuddlement.
(countable, uncountable)Fuzziness, vagueness.
(US, slang, uncountable, with definite article)The police, or any law enforcement agency.
менты́mentý, ляга́выеljagávyje, лега́выеlegávyje

More definitions

the first beard of an adolescent boy
a hazy or indistinct representation
filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

Examples

4 sentences

The candy was coated with pocket fuzz.
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His peach fuzz juxtaposes his cute baby face.
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If the statistics are less fuzzy than the fuzzy data they summarize, they are not fuzz-free.
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Watch out! Here comes the fuzz!
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Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

frizzy mass:

the police (slang):

Origin

Uncertain. Some dictionaries suggest a Germanic source; compare Low German fussig (“loose;

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.”

Unknown. Godfrey Irwin (1930) suggests a possible connection to fuss, "over-particular", excessive bother.

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