fuzz
/fʌz/
verb
- To become covered with soft fibers or hair, or to cause something to become fuzzy.
- The dryer made the towel fuzz all over.
- If you rub the fabric too hard, it will fuzz up.
- The old sweater started to fuzz after many washes.
- To make something unclear or blurry, especially an image or sound.
- The bad connection fuzzed the video call.
- The photographer accidentally fuzzed the focus on the portrait.
- The static fuzzed the radio broadcast.
noun
- Soft, light, fluffy fibers or hair that stick out from a surface, like on fabric, fruit, or young animals.
- The peach was covered in a thin layer of fuzz.
- She brushed the fuzz off her sweater before going out.
- The baby chick had soft yellow fuzz all over its body.
- A blurry or unclear quality in an image or sound, often caused by interference or poor focus.
- The old TV had a lot of fuzz on the screen.
- The photo came out with a strange fuzz around the edges.
- I couldn't hear the radio station clearly because of the fuzz.
- A distorted, buzzing sound in music, especially from an electric guitar.
- I love the heavy fuzz sound in that old rock song.
- The guitarist used a pedal to add fuzz to the solo.
- He turned up the fuzz to make the guitar sound more aggressive.
- Slang for the police.
- In old movies, criminals often called the police 'the fuzz.'
- He got pulled over by the fuzz for speeding.
- The kids ran away when they saw the fuzz coming.