Fuzz

Pronunciation

• enPR: fÅ­z, IPA: /fÊŒz/
• Rhymes: -ÊŒz

• Some dictionaries suggest a Germanic source
• Some dictionaries suggest a Back-formation from {{3}}

Full definition of fuzz

Noun

1. A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
2. A blurred image.
3. (computing) The random data used in fuzz testing.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make fuzzy.
2. (intransitive) To become fuzzy.
3. (transitive, dated) To make drunk.

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Noun

1. (slang, dated, with "the") The police.
• 2009, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, 0:26:17:Let's get the hell out of here before the fuzz turns up