Fuzz (Noun)
Meaning 1
Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz".
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Nouns denoting plants.
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Meaning 2
The first beard of an adolescent boy.
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Nouns denoting body parts.
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Meaning 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".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The early morning hours were just a fuzz as she tried to piece together the events of the previous night.
- After the long, sleepless flight, his brain was filled with a whisky fuzz.
- The entire day was a fuzz to him as he struggled to focus after the bad news.
- Her memory of the accident was a fuzz, with only flashes of images remaining.
- The days blended together in a fuzz as he went through the motions of his daily routine.
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Meaning 4
Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
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Nouns denoting people.