fuzz.
A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
Meaning & usage
A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
Quality of an image that is unclear; a blurred image.
The random data used in fuzz testing.
A distorted sound, especially from an electric guitar or other amplified instrument.
A state of befuddlement.
Fuzziness, vagueness.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Some dictionaries suggest a Germanic source; compare Low German fussig (“loose; spongy”), Dutch voos (“unsound; rotten”). Others, such as Webster's New College Dictionary, suggest a back-formation from fuzzy. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests, “Perhaps imitative of the action of blowing away light particles.”
To make fuzzy.
To become fuzzy.
To make drunk.
To test a software component by running it on randomly generated input.
To fly off in minute particles with a fizzing sound, like water from hot metal.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Some dictionaries suggest a Germanic source; compare Low German fussig (“loose; spongy”), Dutch voos (“unsound; rotten”). Others, such as Webster's New College Dictionary, suggest a back-formation from fuzzy. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests, “Perhaps imitative of the action of blowing away light particles.”
The police, or any law enforcement agency.
Where this word comes from
Unknown. Godfrey Irwin (1930) suggests a possible connection to fuss, "over-particular", excessive bother.
Misspelling of fuss.
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