fuzz
[noun]
Synonyms: down, floss, flue, fluff, fur, lint, pile, policeman, bull, cop, copper, flatfoot, heat, officer, pig, police, police officer

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fuzz /fʌz/ noun
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Probably from fuzzy]

1. [singular, uncountable] thin soft hair or a substance like hair that covers something:
When Jack was born he had a fuzz of black hair on his head.

2. [uncountable] American English a small amount of soft material that has come from clothing etc Synonym : fluff

3. the fuzz informal an insulting way of talking to or about the police, used especially in the 1960s and 1970s

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