fuzzed


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fuzz 1

 (fŭz)
n.
A mass or coating of fine, light fibers, hairs, or particles; down: the fuzz on a peach.
v. fuzzed, fuzz·ing, fuzz·es
v.tr.
1. To cover with fine, light fibers, hairs, or particles.
2. To make blurred or indistinct: fuzzing the difference between the two candidates; worked quickly to fuzz up the details of the scandal.
v.intr.
To become blurred or obscure.
[Perhaps back-formation from fuzzy.]

fuzz 2

 (fŭz)
n. Slang
The police.
[Origin unknown.]
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Adj.1.fuzzed - covering with fine light hairs; "his head fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed"
fuzzy
haired, hairy, hirsute - having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"
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His head was the shape of a chocolate drop, and was covered with dry, straw-coloured hair that fuzzed up about his pointed crown.
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FUZZED up indie rockers THE FAMILY RAIN bring their much-hyped sound o Teesside next week.
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