fuzz

Definitions


[fʌz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a frizzy mass of hair or fibre
(e.g: a fuzz of black hair)

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


Phrases:

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


[fʌz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make or become blurred or indistinct
(e.g: snow fuzzes the outlines of the signs)

- (of hair) become frizzy
(e.g: her hair fuzzed out uncontrollably in the heat)


Phrases:

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


[fʌz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the police
(e.g: Keep down! It's the fuzz!)


Phrases:

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




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