fuzz
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2.7
- noun
- /fʌz/
:
vello
- There is always a thick pad of lint and fuzz that clogs the filter in that laundry machine.
- peach fuzz
- soft fuzz
- downy fuzz
Your face is starting to look a bit Kiwi like, just the way there's like, the little brown fuzz.
- Your face is starting to look a bit Kiwi like, just the way there's like, the little brown fuzz.
- I do notice like the Peach fuzz on my face looks a little bit more than what I had prior to doing this.
- It had what they call Skibbert fuzz, but it didn't have that Zerbert bounce.
Examples
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After washing the sweater, I noticed some fuzz collecting in the lint trap.
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At the entrance of our box, I touched a curtain, and some of its fuzz came off on my hand.
Fiction book (1999) -
You can tell there's like a little black fuzz and hair in it.
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I have peach fuzz on my face.
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The skin on the back of Doug's neck prickled, peach fuzz standing on end.
Fiction book (1991) -
Downy fuzz shone on Jimmy's jaw as he threw his head back to spit.
Fiction book (1996) -
The ducklings are covered in soft, yellow fuzz until they develop their adult feathers.
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I can feel the fuzz on the peach when I hold it in my hand.
Synonyms
36
6.8
Fine soft threads on a plant's surface like the fuzz on a peach
3
4.6
Very fine soft hair on a person's face or body
A layer of short soft hairs on a plant that makes it fuzzy
Antonyms
Compounds
How Fuzzy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fuzz for fine hair most likely began as a little sound word that pictures soft, light hair, and you can see the same idea in fuzzy. So fuzz means the tiny, soft hairs you find on skin, plants, or fruit.