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• a frizzy mass of hair or fibre.

• "a fuzz of black hair"

Similar: hair, fluff, fur, down, floss, fine hair,

• a buzzing or distorted sound, especially one deliberately produced as an effect on an electric guitar.

Similar: distortion, buzz, hiss, fizz, buzzing, hissing, fizzing, white noise,

• make or become blurred or indistinct.

• "snow fuzzes the outlines of the signs"

• (of hair) become frizzy.

• "her hair fuzzed out uncontrollably in the heat"

Origin: late 16th century: probably of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Dutch voos, Low German fussig ‘spongy’.

• the police.

• "Keep down! It's the fuzz!"

Origin: 1920s (originally US): of unknown origin.