fuzz

Meaning of fuzz

noun
  1. a frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
    a fuzz of black hair
    his face was covered with white fuzz
  2. a buzzing or distorted sound, especially one deliberately produced as an effect on an electric guitar.
verb
  1. make or become blurred or indistinct.
    snow fuzzes the outlines of the signs
    her head fuzzed and the classroom swam
  2. (of hair) become frizzy.
    her hair fuzzed out uncontrollably in the heat

late 16th century: probably of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Dutch voos, Low German fussig ‘spongy’.

noun
  1. the police.
    Keep down! It's the fuzz!

1920s (originally US): of unknown origin.

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Hyphenation of fuzz

fuzz

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • fuzz is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

fuzz synonyms

Meaning hair:

hair, tomentum

Meaning bull:

bull, cop, copper, pig

Meaning blur:

blur

Meaning soft fibres from fabrics such as wool or cotton which accumulate in small light clumps:

fluff

Meaning the short, fine, soft hair of certain animals:

fur

Meaning a period of unwelcome experiences or negative mood:

down

Meaning the rough silk enveloping a silkworm's cocoon:

floss

Meaning the action of distorting or the state of being distorted:

distortion

Meaning a low, continuous humming or murmuring sound, made by or similar to that made by an insect:

buzz

Meaning a sharp sibilant sound:

hiss

Meaning the quality of being fizzy; effervescence:

fizz

Meaning a low, continuous humming or murmuring sound:

buzzing

Meaning make a sharp sibilant sound as of the letter s:

hissing

Meaning (of a liquid) produce bubbles of gas and make a hissing sound:

fizzing

Translation of fuzz

Words that rhyme with fuzz

peachfuzz

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