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fuzzball

American  
[fuhz-bawl] / ˈfʌzˌbɔl /

noun

  1. a puffball.


Etymology

Origin of fuzzball

fuzz 1 + ball 1

Example Sentences

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Sometimes we see the beginning of the coerced adoption process, with a person filming their first encounters with some adorable fuzzball up to the moment they decide to take them home.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2024

Stringy physics arrests the collapse, leaving a highly compact star, also known as a fuzzball.

From Scientific American Aug. 20, 2022

It brightens my space and makes me chuckle every time I see this goofy green fuzzball in the corner of my living room.

From Slate Dec. 7, 2020

What is “Star Wars” without the comical robots, the little lizard wizard, the big fuzzball?

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 3, 2020

Yet we only had the word of the theoreticians that this orange fuzzball, as it appeared in our best images, was interesting.

From The Guardian May 8, 2010

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