1
as in police
a body of officers of the law
we've got to get out of here before the fuzz catches on to our scam
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2
as in cop
a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level
the weary fuzz hauled in yet another drunk
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Recent Examples of fuzz
Reuters, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, as Vita is shooting this story, her boyfriend, Dustin (Philip Ettinger), is there on location, adding a distracting fuzz of emotional static to her artistic efforts.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024
But these early feathers were little more than fuzz.
—science.org, 3 July 2024
Being relatively big and covered in black-and-yellow fuzz allows the world’s roughly 250 bumblebee species to withstand more frigid temperatures than honeybees, which are generally daintier and less hairy, and are not native to North America.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024
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Noun
Most of Pesto’s weight comes from the brown fuzz that keeps penguin chicks warm through winter.
—Reuters, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, as Vita is shooting this story, her boyfriend, Dustin (Philip Ettinger), is there on location, adding a distracting fuzz of emotional static to her artistic efforts.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2024
But these early feathers were little more than fuzz.
—science.org, 3 July 2024
Being relatively big and covered in black-and-yellow fuzz allows the world’s roughly 250 bumblebee species to withstand more frigid temperatures than honeybees, which are generally daintier and less hairy, and are not native to North America.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024
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“Fuzz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fuzz. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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