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   fuzz

   /fəz/

   noun

   • 1. a fluffy or frizzy mass of hair or fiber: "a fuzz of black hair" Similar hairflufffurdownflossfine hair
   • ▪ a blurred image or area: "she saw Jess surrounded by a fuzz of sunlight"
   • ▪ a buzzing or distorted sound, especially one deliberately produced as an effect on an electric guitar. Similar distortionbuzzhissfizzbuzzinghissingfizzingwhite noise

   verb

   • 1. make or become blurred or indistinct: "snow fuzzes the outlines of the signs"
   • 2. (of hair) become fluffy or frizzy: "her hair fuzzed out uncontrollably in the heat"

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

   Scrabble Points: 25

   • F

     4

   • U

     1

   • Z

     10

   • Z

     10

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