FUZZ
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)
Meaning:
Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
fuzz; tomentum; hair
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)
coma (a usually terminal tuft of hairs especially on a seed)
beard (a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses)
Meaning:
Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
cop; fuzz; copper; pig; bull
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)
Meaning:
A hazy or indistinct representation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
blur; fuzz
Context examples:
it happened so fast it was just a blur / 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)
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)
