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fuzz
n.
A mass or coating of fine, light fibers, hairs, or particles; down: the fuzz on a peach.
v., fuzzed, fuzz·ing, fuzz·es. v.tr.
- To cover with fine, light fibers, hairs, or particles.
- To make blurred or indistinct: fuzzing the difference between the two candidates; worked quickly to fuzz up the details of the scandal.
To become blurred or obscure.
fuzzy
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
- Covered with fuzz.
- Of or resembling fuzz.
- Not clear; indistinct: a fuzzy recollection of past events.
- Not coherent; confused: a fuzzy plan of action.
[Perhaps from Low German fussig, spongy.]
fuzzily fuzz'i·ly adv.fuzziness fuzz'i·ness n.
ham·ster (hăm'stər)
n.
A small Eurasian rodent of the subfamily Cricetinae, especially Mesocricetus auratus, having large cheek pouches and a short tail and often kept as a pet or used in laboratory research.
[German, from Middle High German hamastra, perhaps from Old High German hamustro, of Slavic origin.]
breakout
[名]
1 脱出, 脱獄, 脱走, 逃亡；（包囲網の）強行突破.
2 （伝染病・火災・戦争などの）発生；吹き出物.
3 裁ち切り図版(bleed).In slang:
- Breakout, slang for a prison escape
- Breakout, a North American slang term for Acne vulgaris
- Breakout (military), a military operation to end a situation of encirclement or siege
- Breakout (technical analysis), when prices pass through, and stay through an area of support or resistance
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