fuzz

n.
A mass or coating of fine, light fibers, hairs, or particles; down: the fuzz on a peach.


v., fuzzed, fuzz·ing, fuzz·es.

v.tr.

1. To cover with fine, light fibers, hairs, or particles.
2. To make blurred or indistinct: fuzzing the difference between the two candidates; worked quickly to fuzz up the details of the scandal.

v.intr.
To become blurred or obscure.

[Perhaps back-formation from FUZZY.]

fuzz² (fŭz)
n. Slang
The police.

[Origin unknown.]

Attempting to cause a program or network to fail by feeding it randomly generated data. It typically finds elementary bugs and is not a substitute for formal testing with test data that are carefully created. See testing. See also fuzzy computer.

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Fibers or pieces of lint that stick out along the surface of paper. Paper with smooth finishes, such as coated paper, has very little fuzz. Fuzz interferes with fine halftone printing that requires small dots; therefore, this type of printing is usually done on coated paper.

noun

A member of a law-enforcement agency: bluecoat, finest, officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, peace officer, police, policeman, police officer, policewoman. Informal cop, law. Slang bull¹, copper, flatfoot, gendarme, heat, man (often uppercase). Chiefly British bobby, constable, peeler. See law.

n

Definition: fluff
Antonyms: smoothness

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IN BRIEF: n. - The first beard of an adolescent boy; A hazy or indistinct representation; Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman; Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant.

Tutor's tip: If you "fuss" (to worry over minor details) over the "fuzz" (fluffy material) on the two elements you may not be able to "fuse" (to join or to combine) them together.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - dun, fnug, fint hår
v. tr. - gøre uklar, omtåge
v. intr. - fnugge, blive uklar

2.
n. - strisserne

Nederlands (Dutch)
donshaar, smeris, wazig effect, met donshaar bedekken/bedekt worden, in donshaar wegvliegen, wazig worden/maken

Français (French)
1.
n. - peluches, bourre, duvet
v. tr. - brouiller (une image, la vision)
v. intr. - se brouiller (une image, la vision)

2.
n. - les flics (arg)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Flaum, Bulle
v. - zerfasern, verschwimmen, verschwommen machen

2.
n. - Bulle, Polizei

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χνούδι ή πέλος υφάσματος, φουντωτά ή σγουρά μαλλιά, αστυνομία
n. pl. - αστυνομία, μπατσαρία
v. - κρεπάρω/ξαίνω (μαλλιά)

Italiano (Italian)
piedipiatti, peluria

Português (Portuguese)
n. - penugem (f)
n. pl. - penugens (f pl)
v. - felpar

Русский (Russian)
пух, пробивающиеся усы/борода, мент

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - vello, pelusa, pelusilla
v. tr. - soltar pelusa
v. intr. - soltar pelusa

2.
n. - poli, bofia, policía

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fjun, snuten (sl.)
n. pl. - snutar
v. - lösas upp i smådelar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 细毛, 绒毛, 使成绒毛状, 使模糊不清, 呈蓬松绒毛状, 变得模糊, 作绒毛状飞散

2. 警察

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 警察

2.
n. - 細毛, 絨毛
v. tr. - 使成絨毛狀, 使模糊不清
v. intr. - 呈蓬鬆絨毛狀, 變得模糊, 作絨毛狀飛散

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 잔털보풀, 솜털, 고수머리
v. tr. - 보풀이 나다, 부드럽게 되다
v. intr. - 보풀이 나게 하다, 부드럽게 되게 하다

2.
n. - 경찰

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - けば, 縮れ毛
v. - ふわふわと飛び散る, ぼやける, けばだたせる, ぼやけさせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زغب , الشرطه (الجمع) الشرطه (فعل) يزغب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פלומה, מוך, שיער מתולתל‬
v. tr. - ‮כיסה בנוצות, טישטש, ריכך‬
v. intr. - ‮היה רך כמוך, כוסה בנוצות, היטשטש‬
n. - ‮משטרה, קצין משטרה (מדוברת)‬

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