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fuzz Definition

fuzz (fuz)

noun

  1. very loose, light particles of down, wool, etc.; fine hairs or fibers the fuzz on a peach
  2. a blurred, distorted audio effect deliberately produced when amplifying the sounds of an electronic musical instrument, as by overloading an amplification circuit

Etymology: < ? Du voos, spongy, or back-form. < fuzzy

intransitive verb, transitive verb

  1. to cover or become covered with fuzz
  2. to make or become fuzzy

fuzz Idioms

the fuzz

Etymology: < ? fuss, in sense “a fussy (i.e., hard to please) person”

Slang a policeman or the police

fuzz Synonyms

fuzz

n.

  1. Down

    nap, fluff, fur; see fur, hair 1.

  2. *Police

    police officers, cops*, policemen; see police.

fuzz Usage Examples

Preposition: on

guitar: That continual fuzz on the guitars does get irritating.

Adjective modifier

  • peach: Having a ' peach fuzz ' at 19 years is perfectly normal.
  • electric: They performed their power version for Donovan at his Hertfordshire home, influencing the bard who adopted their electric fuzz for his next single.
  • warm: The cold blew away the warm fuzz of the restaurant, which was what I needed.
  • dark: No time is wasted with between song banter yet this only adds to the dark guitar fuzz and throbbing bass.
  • white: F. It produces 3 to 6 inch, heart shaped, long stalked leaves that are covered with white fuzz on their undersides.
  • smooth: A half dozen fuzz algorithms, from smooth germanium transistor fuzz to harsh silicon clipping fuzz boxes.

Modifies a noun

  • riff: An anticipatory overspill ends it all as those frustration fuzz riffs keep on flying and the theremin wigs out into a perfect pileup.
  • guitar: Follow Me sees the return of the fuzz guitar with a riff that drives through the song.
  • tone: Pushing Distortion up higher produces classic fuzz tones that are finding their way on to an increasing number of albums.
  • box: Paul McCartney attaches a fuzz box to his bass for Harrison's song Think for Yourself.
  • factor: A context diff using fuzz factor 3 may have the same problem.

Followed by an intransitive particle

up: Then complexity appears as a ' fuzzing up ' of an essential reality rather than as a manifestation of the world's holistic nature.

Followed by a transitive particle

up: That's when they're tempted to fuzz up the facts and create false impressions.

Particle object:

guitar: The sound is great with Corin Tucker's wailing banshee vocals and fuzzed up guitars blasting through the speakers.

Noun used with modifier

  • guitar: On " Satisfaction " Richards recorded perhaps the first hit featuring a guitar fuzz effect which has since become commonplace.
  • quantum: A universe with nonzero size and finite energy density appears from a quantum fuzz.
  • code: We take advantage of inheriting * code name /code and code fuzz /code from * code GeometricObject /code.
  • face: Grow some face fuzz man, wasnt sure which of you was prettiest!

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