fuzzy

aggettivo

1. 1

   Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals.

2. 2

   Vague or imprecise.

   My recollection of that event is fuzzy.

   In particular, a very crisp quantifier such as “for all,” “there exists,” “at least 50 percent” tend to have less disperse weighting vectors while fuzzier quantifiers such as many tend to have a more disperse weighting vector.

   Trying to help a high school senior get into his dream school, Laurie Kopp Weingarten called the college to emphasize that the boy should be able to lay claim to the latest, and fuzziest, of all admissions hooks: being a first-generation student.

3. 3

   Not clear; unfocused.

   I finally threw out a large stack of fuzzy photos.

4. 4

   Warm and comforting; affectionate.

   Cooper has a strong sense of Welsh place; she has also a strong sense of the responsibilities of belonging. To belong is not merely a nice, fuzzy feeling; rather it means that there are grave duties to perform and serious moral battles to be fought […].

   It had been a long time since anyone had sent her a gift, […]. And it was a long time since anything she'd received from someone had made her feel that fuzzy inside.

5. 5

   Employing or relating to fuzzy logic.

sostantivo

1. 1

   A very small piece of plush material such as lint.

   You've got a fuzzy on your coat.

2. 2

   Something covered with fuzz or hair, as an animal or plush toy.

   If you don't yet have a ferret, this book can help you decide whether a fuzzy is for you.

3. 3

   gergoA person, especially a college student, interested in humanities or social sciences, as opposed to one interested in mathematics, science, or engineering.

   A "fuzzy" on the other hand is a "people person," — someone who prefers studying the humanities or social sciences, someone who sees the world in broad contextual terms.

   If you majored in the humanities or social sciences, you were a fuzzy, and if you majored in engineering or computer science, you were a techie.

4. 4

   gergoA soldier with the rank of private.

5. 5

   gergoA police officer.

Forme

plurale

fuzzies

comparativo

fuzzier

superlativo

fuzziest