fuzz

Universal Words noun 1 [U] short soft fine hair or fur that covers sth, especially a person's face or arms SYNDOWN 2 [sing.] a mass of hair in tight curls: a fuzz of blonde hair 3 (the fuzz) [sing.+sing./pl.v.] (old-fashioned, slang) the police 4 something that you cannot see clearly SYNBLUR: I saw it as a dim fuzz through the binoculars.