FUZZ

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fuzz mean? 

• FUZZ (noun)
  The noun FUZZ has 4 senses:

1. filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

2. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

3. a hazy or indistinct representation

4. the first beard of an adolescent boy

  Familiarity information: FUZZ used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUZZ (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fuzz; hair; tomentum

Context example:

peach fuzz

Hypernyms ("fuzz" is a kind of...):

enation; plant process (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fuzz"):

stinging hair (a multicellular hair in plants like the stinging nettle that expels an irritating fluid)

beard (a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bull; cop; copper; fuzz; pig

Hypernyms ("fuzz" is a kind of...):

officer; police officer; policeman (a member of a police force)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A hazy or indistinct representation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

blur; fuzz

Context example:

he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz

Hypernyms ("fuzz" is a kind of...):

internal representation; mental representation; representation (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The first beard of an adolescent boy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("fuzz" is a kind of...):

beard; face fungus; whiskers (the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face)

Derivation:

fuzzy (covering with fine light hairs)