Fuzz Word Meaning

late 16th century: probably of Low German or Dutch origin; compare with Dutch voos, Low German fussig ‘spongy’

a frizzy mass of hair or fibre

mass of hair or fibre

• a fuzz of black hair
• his face was covered with white fuzz

a buzzing or distorted sound, especially one deliberately produced as an effect on an electric guitar.

buzzing sound

make or become blurred or indistinct

make or become indistinct

• snow fuzzes the outlines of the signs
• her head fuzzed and the classroom swam

(of hair) become frizzy

(of hair) become fluffy

• her hair fuzzed out uncontrollably in the heat