fuzzball

English

Etymology

fuzz +‎ ball

Noun

fuzzball (countable and uncountable, plural fuzzballs)

  1. (countable) Any soft, fuzzy creature.
    • 2009, Johannah Haney, Ferrets, page 7:
      Ferrets can be very entertaining little fuzzballs, but keeping a ferret as a pet is also a big responsibility.
  2. (countable, astronomy) A quantum description of a black hole in superstring theory.
  3. (countable) A puffball.
  4. (uncountable) An informal American street game resembling baseball.

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