fuzz
pronunciation
How to pronounce fuzz in British English:
UK [fʌz]
How to pronounce fuzz in American English:
US [fʌz]
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- Noun:
- filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
- uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
- a hazy or indistinct representation
- the first beard of an adolescent boy
Word Origin
- fuzz (n.)
- 1590s, fusse, first attested in fusball "puff ball of tiny spores," of uncertain origin; perhaps a back-formation from fuzzy, if that word is older than the record of it. Meaning "the police" is American English, 1929, underworld slang; origin, signification, and connection to the older word unknown. Perhaps a variant of fuss, with a notion of "hard to please."
- fuzz (v.)
- 1702, "make fuzzy," from fuzz (n.). Related: Fuzzed; fuzzing. Fuzzword (based on buzzword) "deliberately confusing or imprecise bit of jargon" is a coinage in political writing from 1983.
Example
- 1. Fuzz , an informal word for hair .
- 2. A peach skin is covered with fuzz .
- 3. I don 't want any hassles with the fuzz .
- 4. March to fuzz rarities and b sides album .
- 5. Some pizazz on the ankle boot is fine ; but bundles of fuzz that look like wild mammals are eating your feet are not so cute .