fuzzball
nounEtymology From fuzz + ball.
1
A ball of fuzzy material.
- I sit in my bedroom picking the pilly fuzzballs off my lambswool sweaters and the phone will ring.1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye:
- Near-synonyms: furball, fluffball
- Ferrets can be very entertaining little fuzzballs, but keeping a ferret as a pet is also a big responsibility.2009, Johannah Haney, Ferrets, page 7:
3
Astronomy, Natural sciences A quantum description of a black hole in superstring theory.
4
A puffball.
5
An informal American street game resembling baseball.
6
Synonym of pill (“ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing”).