Fuzz
/fʌz/noun
Small, fine, fluffy or fibrous particles often created by friction or static.
There was a layer of fuzz on the sweater after washing it.
Often appears as...
- fuzz on clothes
- fuzz from rubbing
noun
A distorted sound from an electric musical instrument, typically a guitar.
He added a fuzz effect to his guitar solo to make it more powerful.
Often appears as...
- fuzz effect
- fuzz pedal
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The police.
Often appears as...
- run from the fuzz
- caught by the fuzz
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A blurred or indistinct image or sound.
The photo was a fuzz due to camera shaking.
Often appears as...
- fuzz image
- fuzz sound
noun
A man's light growth of beard.
He had a bit of fuzz on his chin after not shaving for a couple of days.
Often appears as...
- shave the fuzz
- fuzz on face
Usage tips
Informal
noun
Small, fine, fluffy or fibrous particles often created by friction or static.
There was a layer of fuzz on the sweater after washing it.
Often appears as...
- fuzz on clothes
- fuzz from rubbing
noun
A distorted sound from an electric musical instrument, typically a guitar.
He added a fuzz effect to his guitar solo to make it more powerful.
Often appears as...
- fuzz effect
- fuzz pedal
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The police.
Often appears as...
- run from the fuzz
- caught by the fuzz
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A blurred or indistinct image or sound.
The photo was a fuzz due to camera shaking.
Often appears as...
- fuzz image
- fuzz sound
noun
A man's light growth of beard.
He had a bit of fuzz on his chin after not shaving for a couple of days.
Often appears as...
- shave the fuzz
- fuzz on face
Usage tips
Informal
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Texture
Used to describe a tactile sense of small, soft fibers, often unwanted.
She brushed the fuzz off her jacket.
Pro Tip 2/3Household Care
Common in contexts related to cleaning clothes or furnishings.
I need to lint-roll the dog's fuzz off the sofa.
Pro Tip 3/3Result of Wear
Implies wear or use over time, such as clothing becoming fuzzy.
After many washes, towels often develop fuzz.
Compare with
dustfibrefilamentfluffhairlintnappile
Never forget "Fuzz"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
An inventory of the...
In fact, if you look really closely at stuff, if you look at the basic substructure of matter, there isn't anything there. Electrons disappear in a kind of fuzz, and there is only energy. And you can't see energy. So everything that matters, that's important, is invisible. One slightly silly thing that's invisible
Video examples
What's invisible? More...
at least not without difficulty, and the closer we look at anything, the more it disappears. In fact, if you look really closely at stuff, if you look at the basic substructure of matter, there isn't anything there. Electrons disappear in a kind of fuzz, and there is only energy.
Video examples
Army Ants, Orchids and...
Harvard was it oh there was a little tension floating around there so I went to Berkeley and they were so laid-back I couldn't resist moving there for a while and working with them so here we have some of the leading scientists of Berkeley head poppin fuzz is here he's studies
Video examples
How did feathers evolve?...
producing simple branches. In many dinosaur lineages, these simple feathers evolved into more intricate ones, including some that we see today on birds. At the same time, the feathers spread across the bodies of dinosaurs, turning from sparse patches of fuzz
Video examples
The Surprising...
fuzz when nature breaks the law that's all in the show notes they're right there in your podcast app overheard at national geographic is produced by manika wilhelm elana strauss brian gutierrez laura sim and jacob pinter our senior producer is
Video examples
Unveiling the genius of...
Here's an example of another kind of app. I can make these little fuzz balls. It'll remember the strokes I'm making. Of course I can do it with all my hands. It's pressure-sensitive. What's neat about that is,
Video examples
Coexisting With the...
and so as we're watching this footage she's doing what lions do basically rest and then there's the cups oh my god you gotta be kidding me we see this little fuzz ball in the
Video examples
Rock-Climbing China: A...
oh yeah totally that's all yeah it's like geologic like it's wonder like goes through some of the wildest formations of to fuzz and stalactites and kinda
Video examples
Puppies Rescued From...
black fuzz ball that we pulled screaming and kicking and biting out of a pile of tires very very scared almost what I
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 360 PIPE...
little bit of fuzz on top
Video examples
An inventory of the...
In fact, if you look really closely at stuff, if you look at the basic substructure of matter, there isn't anything there. Electrons disappear in a kind of fuzz, and there is only energy. And you can't see energy. So everything that matters, that's important, is invisible. One slightly silly thing that's invisible
Video examples
What's invisible? More...
at least not without difficulty, and the closer we look at anything, the more it disappears. In fact, if you look really closely at stuff, if you look at the basic substructure of matter, there isn't anything there. Electrons disappear in a kind of fuzz, and there is only energy.
Video examples
Army Ants, Orchids and...
Harvard was it oh there was a little tension floating around there so I went to Berkeley and they were so laid-back I couldn't resist moving there for a while and working with them so here we have some of the leading scientists of Berkeley head poppin fuzz is here he's studies
Video examples
How did feathers evolve?...
producing simple branches. In many dinosaur lineages, these simple feathers evolved into more intricate ones, including some that we see today on birds. At the same time, the feathers spread across the bodies of dinosaurs, turning from sparse patches of fuzz
Video examples
The Surprising...
fuzz when nature breaks the law that's all in the show notes they're right there in your podcast app overheard at national geographic is produced by manika wilhelm elana strauss brian gutierrez laura sim and jacob pinter our senior producer is
Video examples
Unveiling the genius of...
Here's an example of another kind of app. I can make these little fuzz balls. It'll remember the strokes I'm making. Of course I can do it with all my hands. It's pressure-sensitive. What's neat about that is,
Video examples
Coexisting With the...
and so as we're watching this footage she's doing what lions do basically rest and then there's the cups oh my god you gotta be kidding me we see this little fuzz ball in the
Video examples
Rock-Climbing China: A...
oh yeah totally that's all yeah it's like geologic like it's wonder like goes through some of the wildest formations of to fuzz and stalactites and kinda
Video examples
Puppies Rescued From...
black fuzz ball that we pulled screaming and kicking and biting out of a pile of tires very very scared almost what I
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 360 PIPE...
little bit of fuzz on top
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Hozier
Irish Musician
My hair grows into a fuzz ball - I just wanted it to grow downwards rather than outwards - but then I realized I couldn't play guitar with it that way. I couldn't do anything day-to-day without my hair getting in my mouth or my eyes or my food, so I just started tying it back, long before I knew what a man bun was.
Quote examples
Brittany Snow
American Actress
I knew that my hair was falling out and I had really weird skin. My face looked really weird and I was getting this fuzz on my face and I was always cold - always to the point of uncontrollably shaking. I was more scared that 85 lbs. wasn't good enough. I wanted to be lower.
Quote examples
Ty Segall
American Musician
Each album I do, I try to have at least a slight rule, whether it's the band has to get together and record live, or all guitars, all fuzz on, all the time. It's varying and slight, but yes, I like having rules.
Quote examples
Helen Wills Moody
American Athlete
Balls should be good for at least six sets, and for more for the average player. But if the rallies are long, they do not last as long as this. There is a fuzz on the surface that wears off on the hard court.
Quote examples
Donna Shalala
American Public Servant
I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn't that I didn't know what I was doing, but we didn't have all the pieces put together.
Quote examples
Lester Bangs
American Critic
Or like in the early 70's when we had the reaction against acid rock and all the fuzz tone, and feedback, and the noise. And you had James Taylor and everyone went acoustic and that.
Quote examples
Stacey Solomon
From the age of ten I was a full blown fuzz ball to the point that my so-called friends called me 'Hairy McLary From Donaldson's Dairy.
Quote examples
Chris Pronger
Canadian Hockey Player
When you have just a beard and no moustache, it's not good. But when I do grow my peach fuzz, the girls seem to swarm a lot more.
Quote examples
Freddie Fox
English Actor
If I don't shave I look like a peach with fuzz on it - not a good look.
Quote examples
Gary Clark, Jr.
American Musician
I'm obsessed with fuzz pedals.
Quote examples
Hozier
Irish Musician
My hair grows into a fuzz ball - I just wanted it to grow downwards rather than outwards - but then I realized I couldn't play guitar with it that way. I couldn't do anything day-to-day without my hair getting in my mouth or my eyes or my food, so I just started tying it back, long before I knew what a man bun was.
Quote examples
Brittany Snow
American Actress
I knew that my hair was falling out and I had really weird skin. My face looked really weird and I was getting this fuzz on my face and I was always cold - always to the point of uncontrollably shaking. I was more scared that 85 lbs. wasn't good enough. I wanted to be lower.
Quote examples
Ty Segall
American Musician
Each album I do, I try to have at least a slight rule, whether it's the band has to get together and record live, or all guitars, all fuzz on, all the time. It's varying and slight, but yes, I like having rules.
Quote examples
Helen Wills Moody
American Athlete
Balls should be good for at least six sets, and for more for the average player. But if the rallies are long, they do not last as long as this. There is a fuzz on the surface that wears off on the hard court.
Quote examples
Donna Shalala
American Public Servant
I have to admit, in January and February I was in an absolute fuzz. I had no one on board. It wasn't that I didn't know what I was doing, but we didn't have all the pieces put together.
Quote examples
Lester Bangs
American Critic
Or like in the early 70's when we had the reaction against acid rock and all the fuzz tone, and feedback, and the noise. And you had James Taylor and everyone went acoustic and that.
Quote examples
Stacey Solomon
From the age of ten I was a full blown fuzz ball to the point that my so-called friends called me 'Hairy McLary From Donaldson's Dairy.
Quote examples
Chris Pronger
Canadian Hockey Player
When you have just a beard and no moustache, it's not good. But when I do grow my peach fuzz, the girls seem to swarm a lot more.
Quote examples
Freddie Fox
English Actor
If I don't shave I look like a peach with fuzz on it - not a good look.
Quote examples
Gary Clark, Jr.
American Musician
I'm obsessed with fuzz pedals.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension