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fuzz

1  [fuhz]
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–noun
1. loose, light, fibrous, or fluffy matter.
2. a mass or coating of such matter: the fuzz on a peach.
3. Slang. a man's very short haircut, similar to a crew cut.
—Verb phrase
4. fuzz up, to make unclear; confuse; bungle: He fuzzed up the plot line with a lot of emotional nonsense.
Origin:
1595–1605; cf. D voos spongy, woolly
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fuzz

2  [fuhz]
–noun, plural fuzz, fuzz⋅es for 2. Slang.
1. the police; police officers collectively.
2. a police officer or detective.
Origin:
1925–30; of uncert. orig.
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fuzz 1   (fŭz)   
n.  A mass or coating of fine, light fibers, hairs, or particles; down: the fuzz on a peach.
v.   fuzzed, fuzz·ing, fuzz·es

v.   tr.

  1. To cover with fine, light fibers, hairs, or particles.

  2. To make blurred or indistinct: fuzzing the difference between the two candidates; worked quickly to fuzz up the details of the scandal.

v.   intr.
To become blurred or obscure.

[Perhaps back-formation from fuzzy.]
fuzz 2   (fŭz)   
n.   Slang
The police.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
fuzz [fəz]

  1. n.
    and fuzz man; fuzzy (tail). the police; a jail keeper; a detective. : The fuzz is onto you. , Tell the fuzz man I was out of town when the job was pulled.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

fuzz 
1601, fusse, first attested in fusball "puff ball of tiny spores," of uncertain origin. Meaning "the police" is Amer.Eng. 1929, underworld slang, origin and connection to the older word unknown. Perhaps a variant of fuss, with a notion of "hard to please." Fuzzy is 1616 as "soft, spongy;" 1713 as "covered with fuzz;" 1778 as "blurred;" and 1937 as "imprecise," with ref. to thought, etc.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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