fuzz
To make fuzzyTo make fuzzy.
» The candy was coated with pocket fuzz.
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5 senses(transitive)To make fuzzy.
(intransitive)To become fuzzy.
(dated, transitive)To make drunk.
To test a software component by running it on randomly generated input.
(dated, intransitive)To fly off in minute particles with a fizzing sound, like water from hot metal.
Examples
4 sentencesThe candy was coated with pocket fuzz.
His peach fuzz juxtaposes his cute baby face.
If the statistics are less fuzzy than the fuzzy data they summarize, they are not fuzz-free.
Watch out! Here comes the fuzz!
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.”
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Forms
fuzzes, fuzzing, fuzzed, fuzzedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.