fuzz1

[fuhz] /fʌz/
noun
1.
loose, light, fibrous, or fluffy matter.
2.
a mass or coating of such matter:
the fuzz on a peach.
3.
Slang. a man's very short haircut, similar to a crew cut.
4.
a blur:
That photo is all fuzz.
5.
a distorted sound from an electric musical instrument, especially a guitar, produced by means of an electronic device.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
6.
to make or become blurred or unclear (sometimes followed by up or out):
He fuzzed up the plot line with a lot of emotional nonsense. The image fuzzed and then disappeared.
Origin
1595-1605; compare Dutch voos 'spongy, woolly'

fuzz2

[fuhz] /fʌz/
noun, plural fuzz, fuzzes for 2. Slang.
1.
the police; police officers collectively.
2.
a police officer or detective.
Origin
1925-30; of uncertain origin
Examples from the web for fuzz
  • When you roast the beans, the caffeine forms a kind of fuzz on the roaster.
  • They sport peach-fuzz mustaches and slicked-back buzz cuts.
  • To his chin and his upper lip clings thin, lusterless fuzz.
  • His head was shaved, covered in regulation fuzz, and he was wearing old jeans and an untucked work shirt.
  • fuzz it up to the point where no one can even ask the relevant questions, let alone expect relevant answers.
  • The fuzz allows the ball to better interact with the air it is traveling in, the playing surface, and the racquet.
  • The best way to identify the difference between a nectarine and peach is by the lack of fuzz on the nectarine.
  • fuzz testing creates malformed data and observes application behavior when such data is consumed.
  • Pictures quality and sound shall be clear and free on interferences fuzz and static.
  • The short fuzz plumcot is about two inches in diameter.
British Dictionary definitions for fuzz

fuzz1

/fʌz/
noun
1.
a mass or covering of fine or curly hairs, fibres, etc
2.
a blur
verb
3.
to make or become fuzzy
4.
to make or become indistinct; blur
Word Origin
C17: perhaps from Low German fussig loose

fuzz2

/fʌz/
noun
1.
a slang word for police, policeman
Word Origin
C20: of uncertain origin
Word Origin and History for fuzz
n.

1590s, fusse, first attested in fusball "puff ball of tiny spores," of uncertain origin. Meaning "the police" is American English, 1929, underworld slang, origin and connection to the older word unknown. Perhaps a variant of fuss, with a notion of "hard to please."

Slang definitions & phrases for fuzz

fuzz

noun

A police officer; the police: Cops must be annihilated. Kill the Fascist fuzz

[1930+; origin unknown; the form fuzey is found at about the same time]