fuzzball

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A ball of fuzzy material.

   • I sit in my bedroom picking the pilly fuzzballs off my lambswool sweaters and the phone will ring.
2. 2

   Any soft, fuzzy creature.

   • Near-synonyms: furball, fluffball
   • Ferrets can be very entertaining little fuzzballs, but keeping a ferret as a pet is also a big responsibility.
3. 3

   A quantum description of a black hole in superstring theory.

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   1. 4

      A puffball.

   2. 5

      An informal American street game resembling baseball.

   3. 6

      Synonym of pill (“ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing”).

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