fuzz

Betekenis (English)

Noun

1. A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
2. Quality of an image that is unclear; a blurred image.
3. The random data used in fuzz testing.
4. A distorted sound, especially from an electric guitar or other amplified instrument.
5. A state of befuddlement.

Verb

1. To make fuzzy.
2. To become fuzzy.
3. To make drunk.
4. To test a software component by running it on randomly generated input.
5. To fly off in minute particles with a fizzing sound, like water from hot metal.

Concepten

dons

politie

👮

smeris

pluis

Synonyms

fluff

down

lint

cop

👮

hair

blur

copper

pig

🐖

tomentum

pile

bull

nap

fine hair

soft hair

lanugo

police

👮

shag

skin

pilus

policy

solf and thick

blurriness

bobby

bristle

eiderdown

filth

floss

font

fur

heat

law

military police

mop

prickle

pubescence

roughness

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/fʌz/

Etymologie (English)

Cognate with Nedersaksisch: fussig

Cognate with Nederlands: voos

In summary

Uncertain. Some dictionaries suggest a Germanic source; compare Low German fussig (“loose; spongy”), Dutch voos (“unsound; rotten”). Others, such as Webster's New College Dictionary, suggest a back-formation from fuzzy. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests, “Perhaps imitative of the action of blowing away light particles.”