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noun
  1. 1
    a lot of short soft hairs or fibers like hairs

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fuzz*

    General words for hair and amounts of hair: alopecia, bristle, crowning glory, curl, forelock, frizz, fuzz, hair, hairline, highlights... more
    1. a.
      a small mass of fluff

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fuzz*

      Small amounts or pieces of something: bit, piece, fragment, a little, hint, trace, sample, taster, a bit, fraction... more
  2. 2
    American a small mass of fibers that usually come from clothes

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fuzz*

    Small amounts or pieces of something: bit, piece, fragment, a little, hint, trace, sample, taster, a bit, fraction... more
  3. 3

    the fuzz

     informal old-fashioned an insulting word for the police

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of fuzz*

    General words for the police: the authorities, constabulary, the force, the fuzz, the Garda, the law, police, police force, the boys in blue, the (old) bill... more

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