fuzzball

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fuzzball

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From fuzz + ball.

noun fuzzballs · fuzzy-ball

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.
countable, humorous, informal Any soft, fuzzy creature. Near-synonyms: furball, fluffball
Similar: furball, fluffball
countable A quantum description of a black hole in superstring theory.
countable A puffball.
uncountable An informal American street game resembling baseball.
countable, uncountable Synonym of pill (“ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing”).
Similar: pill

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@misc{fuzzball_2026,
  title = {fuzzball},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fuzzball},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}