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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
fuzz
    n 1: filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" [syn:
         hair, fuzz, tomentum]
    2: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, cop,
       copper, fuzz, pig]
    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" [syn: blur, fuzz]
    4: the first beard of an adolescent boy

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fuzz \Fuzz\ (f[u^]z), v. t.
   To make drunk. [Obs.] --Wood.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fuzz \Fuzz\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. fuzzy that ravels (of silk or
   cotton), D. voos spongy, fungous, G. faser filament. E. feaze
   to untwist.]
   Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter.
   [1913 Webster]

   Fuzz ball, a kind of fungus or mushroom, which, when
      pressed, bursts and scatters a fine dust; a puffball.
      [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fuzz \Fuzz\, v. i.
   To fly off in minute particles.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for fuzz:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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