1
: fine light particles or fibers (as of down or fluff)
2
: a blurred effect
fuzzed; fuzzing; fuzzes
1
: to fly off in or become covered with fluffy particles
2
: to become blurred
her frame of reference fuzzing at the edges—
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Noun (1)
a comfortable old sweater with clumps of fuzz all over it
Verb
picture postcards never show those not-infrequent days when the coastal scenery is fuzzed up by fog
Noun (2)
we've got to get out of here before the fuzz catches on to our scam
the weary fuzz hauled in yet another drunk
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Katie Akin, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
Within the span of a few days, an innocuous speck can turn a loaf of bread from prime sandwich material into a hideous mass of blue-green fuzz—an appetite-killing sight if ever there was one.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 1 May 2025
Robert Moilanen, Star Tribune, 27 Dec. 2020
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Noun
Carpenters have yellow fuzz on their thorax, but their abdomens are shiny, black, and hairless.
—Katie Akin, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
Within the span of a few days, an innocuous speck can turn a loaf of bread from prime sandwich material into a hideous mass of blue-green fuzz—an appetite-killing sight if ever there was one.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 1 May 2025
Verb
In his inaugural address, Biden must not fuzz the line between fiction and nonfiction.
—Robert Moilanen, Star Tribune, 27 Dec. 2020
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“Fuzz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fuzz. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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