fuzz

Plural: fuzzes

Noun

• filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
  • "peach fuzz"
• uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
• a hazy or indistinct representation
  • "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"
• the first beard of an adolescent boy
• A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
• Quality of an image that is unclear; a blurred image.
• The random data used in fuzz testing.
• A distorted sound, especially from an electric guitar or other amplified instrument.
• A state of befuddlement.
• Fuzziness, vagueness.
• The police, or any law enforcement agency.
• Misspelling of fuss.

Verb

Verb Forms: fuzzed, fuzzing, fuzzes

• To become covered with soft, light fibers; to blur.
• To make fuzzy.
• To become fuzzy.
• To make drunk.
• To test a software component by running it on randomly generated input.
• To fly off in minute particles with a fizzing sound, like water from hot metal.

Examples

• His strategy began to fuzz around the edges after his opponent blocked his best moves.

Synonyms

blur, bull, cop, copper, hair, pig, tomentum

Anagrams of fuzz