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Synonyms for fuzz
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fuhz |
| Phonetic Transcription : fʌz |
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Définition of fuzz
Origin :- 1590s, fusse, first attested in fusball "puff ball of tiny spores," of uncertain origin. Meaning "the police" is American English, 1929, underworld slang, origin and connection to the older word unknown. Perhaps a variant of fuss, with a notion of "hard to please."
- noun fluff
- The moon rested on its little head and made its fuzz of hair a halo.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- No, my dear Fuzz, I shall have no time to tell you how busy I am.
- Extract from : « Tom and Some Other Girls » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
- Or the sticks of cellulose, or the curved, wire device with fuzz at the ends?
- Extract from : « The Planet Strappers » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
- Midnight found Wimley still looking the pajamas squarely in the fuzz.
- Extract from : « Bizarre » by Lawton Mackall
- Fuzz, or hairiness, usually occurs on the wire side of the sheet.
- Extract from : « From Paper-mill to Pressroom » by William Bond Wheelwright
- The seed is covered with a fuzz which is first removed and used for lint.
- Extract from : « Clothing and Health » by Helen Kinne
- There was a lot of tight, tense chatter, jokes about the fuzz.
- Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
- Vigorous rubbing removes the fuzz after the nuts are scalded.
- Extract from : « Trees Worth Knowing » by Julia Ellen Rogers
- Dip peaches quickly in hot water; then rub off the fuzz with a cloth.
- Extract from : « New Royal Cook Book » by Anonymous
- His cheeks were like peaches, with much the same sort of fuzz over them.
- Extract from : « Rose of Dutcher's Coolly » by Hamlin Garland
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