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Fuzz

noun

Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant. Synonyms: hair, tomentum.

Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman. Synonyms: bull, cop, copper, pig.

A hazy or indistinct representation. Synonym: blur. "He tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"

The first beard of an adolescent boy.

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"Fuzz" Quotes from Famous Books

... "Fuzz your granny," said Melissa stoutly. "In a couple of months you could get a beard like a billy goat if you ...

— Mr. Bingle • George Barr McCutcheon

... at the twin with the yellow fuzz on the top of its head that has hall-marked it as the Kitten in my mind, seated on Sallie's lap with her head on Sallie's shoulder looking like a baby bud folded against the full rose, and I couldn't help laughing. Kit had been undressed ...

— The Tinder-Box • Maria Thompson Daviess

... looking out, and he, too, saw the top of a mop-headed savage's fuzz begin to appear softly over the edge of the window, then dart up quickly and bob down again, after its owner had ...

— Fire Island - Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track • G. Manville Fenn

... days as a child? No! You are seeing your worst days. Of course, you can be happy as a child. A boy can be happy with fuzz on his upper lip, but he'll be happier when his lip feels more like mine like a piece of sandpaper. There are chapters of happiness undreamed of in ...

— The University of Hard Knocks • Ralph Parlette

Words linked to "Fuzz" : face fungus, policeman, plant process, representation, stinging hair, beard, pig, colloquialism, enation, police officer, officer, fuzzy, mental representation, internal representation, whiskers