fuzz


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fuzz
n. cotton, fluff, lint; police, cop (Slang)
 
v. cover with fuzz, become fuzzy

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fuzz

Noun
1. filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"
(synonym) hair, tomentum
(hypernym) plant process, enation
(hyponym) stinging hair
2. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
(synonym) bull, cop, copper, pig
(hypernym) policeman, police officer, officer
(classification) colloquialism
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"
(synonym) blur
(hypernym) representation, mental representation, internal representation
4. the first beard of an adolescent boy
(hypernym) beard, face fungus, whiskers


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Fuzz
(v. t.)
To make drunk.
  
 
(v. i.)
To fly off in minute particles.
  
 
(n.)
Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter.
  

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fuzz
policemen, cops, pigs The boys ran away when the fuzz drove up in a patrol car.