fuzz

Meaning

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.

fluff

fine hair

soft hair

solf and thick

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fʌz/

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.”