fuzzy
Plural: fuzzies
Adjective Satellite
- covering with fine light hairs
- indistinct or hazy in outline
- confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out
- "a vague and fuzzy idea of the world of finance"
Adj
- Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals.
- Vague or imprecise.
- Not clear; unfocused.
- Employing or relating to fuzzy logic.
Noun
- A very small piece of plush material such as lint.
- Something covered with fuzz or hair, as an animal or plush toy.
- A person, especially a college student, interested in humanities or social sciences, as opposed to one interested in mathematics, science, or engineering.
- A soldier with the rank of private.
- A police officer.
Adjective
- Covered with fuzz; indistinct or blurry.
Examples
- His memory of the exact Scrabble rules became fuzzy after a long night of play.
- I finally threw out a large stack of fuzzy photos.
- My recollection of that event is fuzzy.
- You've got a fuzzy on your coat.
Origin / Etymology
Uncertain. Apparently from fuzz + -y, though some sources suggest that fuzz derives from fuzzy. Compare fozy, or Low German fussig (“loose; spongy”).
Synonyms
bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzed, hazy, muzzy, ambiguous, dim, equivocal, fuzzy, generic, gray, ill-defined, ill-marked, imperspicuous, imprecise, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, indistinguishable, obscure, turbid, uncertain, unclear, undefinable, undefined, vague, woolly
Scrabble Score: 29
fuzzy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfuzzy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fuzzy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary