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fuzzing

/ˈfʌzɪŋ/

fuzzing is the present participle and gerund of fuzz.

Meaning of fuzz

Verb

fuzz (third-person singular simple present fuzzes, present participle fuzzing, simple past and past participle fuzzed)

  1. (transitive) To make fuzzy.
  2. (intransitive) To become fuzzy.
  3. (dated, transitive) To make drunk.
    • Or maybe my mind was just fuzzed with the drink.2004, Quintin Jardine, Alarm Call, London: Headline, →ISBN
  4. To test a software component by running it on randomly generated input.
    • Sulley works by fuzzing the first fuzzable field to be fuzzed. While it is iterating through all the values it wants to try for that field, all the other fields are untouched and remain at their default value.2012, Charlie Miller, Dion Blazakis, Dino DaiZovi, iOS Hacker's Handbook, page 172
  5. (dated, intransitive) To fly off in minute particles with a fizzing sound, like water from hot metal.

See all 12 meanings of fuzz

Noun

fuzzing (uncountable)

  1. Fuzz testing.

Phrases with fuzzing

Words that rhyme with fuzzing

Questions about fuzzing

What does fuzzing mean?
Fuzzing means fuzz testing.
What is fuzzing the present participle and gerund of?
Fuzzing is the present participle and gerund of fuzz.
What part of speech is fuzzing?
Fuzzing is a noun.
How do you pronounce fuzzing?
Fuzzing is pronounced /ˈfʌzɪŋ/.

Words near fuzzing in the dictionary

  1. fuzzify
  2. fuzzifying
  3. fuzzily
  4. fuzziness
  5. fuzzinesses
  6. fuzzing
  7. fuzzing out
  8. fuzzle
  9. fuzzled
  10. fuzzles
  11. fuzzless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fuzzing (page history and authors); fuzz (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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