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noun (1)

plural of fuzz
as in furs
a soft airy substance or covering a comfortable old sweater with clumps of fuzz all over it

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noun (2)

plural of fuzz
1
as in police
a body of officers of the law we've got to get out of here before the fuzz catches on to our scam

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as in cops
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level the weary fuzz hauled in yet another drunk

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  1. furs
  2. police
  3. cops
  4. piles
  5. constabularies
  6. policemen
  7. naps
  8. police forces
Noun
  • Pony fur falls under an umbrella category of animal furs that accounted for $468,330 of Canadian exports to the United States last year, according to US trade data.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Chandeliers hang from sandstone ceilings while jewel-tone wallpaper, furs, and velvet warm things up.
    — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of furs
Noun
  • Among other things, campus police did not fly a drone to monitor rooftops or coordinate with local law enforcement to secure the event attended by about 3,000 people.
    — MICHAEL R. SISAK, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • An 18-year-old woman was bound and raped by a man inside his Queens apartment more than a year ago, and a suspect has now been arrested, police and law enforcement sources said Friday.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of police
Noun
  • The suspect has six prior arrests in New York, with charges including criminal contempt, assault and criminal mischief, cops said.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The cops arrived and compared notes with Lojo and her colleagues.
    — Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of cops
Noun
  • These foundation piles act as underwater stilts, anchoring and supporting heavy offshore infrastructure.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Do not compost diseased foliage because home compost piles or bins usually do not get hot enough to kill the pathogens.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of piles
Noun
  • Meanwhile, police forces across the country have transformed from lightly armed constabularies to small-scale armies.
    — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of constabularies
Noun
  • One of Sanchez’s associates shot at the policemen, who returned fire.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
  • There was a group of them, policemen, and then there was a priest with them.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of policemen
Noun
  • This human-sized dog bed creates a cozy spot for afternoon naps, movie marathons, or curling up with a book, with plenty of room for your furry sidekick — or sidekicks — to stretch out next to you.
    — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The swing should only be used for short naps and never for overnight sleeping.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of naps
Noun
  • More than 20,000 soldiers and police forces were deployed for elections, while troops carrying long guns patrolled roadsides.
    — Teresa Cerojano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Before 9/11, the Defense Department had transferred only $27 million in hardware to local police forces.
    — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of police forces
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“Fuzzes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fuzzes. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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