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Fuzz

noun

Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant. Synonyms: hair, tomentum.

Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman. Synonyms: bull, cop, copper, pig.

A hazy or indistinct representation. Synonym: blur. "He tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"

The first beard of an adolescent boy.

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"Fuzz" Quotes from Famous Books

... rising sun, radiated across his temples. His skin was tanned to the hue of old hickory and deep down in its furrows were lines of white. He had a big nose that was always sunburned, powerful hands with a reddish fuzz on their backs, and gnarled fingers that bore the scars of innumerable nautical disasters. But the chief glory he possessed was a neatly tattooed schooner that sailed under full canvas upon his forearm and ...

— Walter and the Wireless • Sara Ware Bassett

... amazed at her cousin's resourcefulness, and stole a glance from under the curling fuzz of her golden bang to note the effect produced upon her august guardian and aunt. Mrs. Burton groped in her mind for some subtlety that might have been contained in her niece's remark, failed at any plausible solution ...

— Officer 666 • Barton W. Currie

... boy. He wore a light grey-green Palm Beach suit and carried a big brown leather briefcase that looked too heavy for his soda straw-thin legs and arms. He was queer-looking because his waist was so narrow and his back so humped. And when he took off his tan Panama hat, a white fuzz exploded from his scalp. His face was pale as the moon in daylight. His broad smile showed teeth that Jack knew ...

— They Twinkled Like Jewels • Philip Jose Farmer

Words linked to "Fuzz" : internal representation, police officer, whiskers, enation, representation, plant process, face fungus, colloquialism, beard, mental representation, officer, policeman, stinging hair