fuzzy
pronunciation
How to pronounce fuzzy in British English:
UK [ˈfʌzi]
How to pronounce fuzzy in American English:
US [ˈfʌzi]
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- Adjective:
- covering with fine light hairs
- indistinct or hazy in outline
- confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out
Word Origin
- fuzzy (adj.)
- 1610s, "soft, spongy;" a dialectal word of uncertain origin, apparently from fuzz (n.) + -y (2), but perhaps an import from continental Germanic. Compare Low German fussig "weak, loose, spongy," Dutch voos "spongy." From 1713 as "covered with fuzz;" 1778 as "blurred;" and 1937 as "imprecise," with reference to thought, etc. Related: Fuzzily; fuzziness.
Example
- 1. Boundaries that were once stark are now fuzzy .
- 2. A fuzzy tennis ball flies faster than a bald one for the same reason , mr bottaro explains .
- 3. It looks like a fuzzy dead animal .
- 4. The industry is shrouded in fuzzy numbers .
- 5. This is where the picture gets fuzzy .