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fuzzball en · NOUN

Etymology

From fuzz + ball.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A ball of fuzzy material.
    • I sit in my bedroom picking the pilly fuzzballs off my lambswool sweaters and the phone will ring. 1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye:
  2. (countable, humorous, informal) Any soft, fuzzy creature.
    • Ferrets can be very entertaining little fuzzballs, but keeping a ferret as a pet is also a big responsibility. 2009, Johannah Haney, Ferrets, page 7:
    • Near-synonyms: furball, fluffball
  3. (countable) A quantum description of a black hole in superstring theory.
  4. (countable) A puffball.
  5. (uncountable) An informal American street game resembling baseball.
  6. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of pill (“ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing”).

Forms

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fuzzy-ball alternative lexicographic
fuzzballs Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

fluffball · pill · furball

Translations (2)

pl kłębek (quantum description of a black hole in superstring theory) · pl kłębek (ball of fuzzy material)