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peach fuzz

peach fuzz noun: the fibrous material covering the skin of a peach fruit, e.g. as opposed to the fuzzless skin of a nectarine.

Noun

peach fuzz (uncountable)

  1. (literally) The fibrous material covering the skin of a peach fruit, e.g. as opposed to the fuzzless skin of a nectarine.
  2. (figuratively) Lightly or sparsely grown hair, especially facial hair.
    • If she was slightly more attractive, I believe that the peach fuzz on the bottom of my nut sack would have tingled just slightly then, watching her cry like that.2006, Keith Malinsky, Burying Ronald: A Confession by Mortimer J. Pentowski, page 37

Questions about peach fuzz

What does peach fuzz mean?
Peach fuzz means the fibrous material covering the skin of a peach fruit, e.g. as opposed to the fuzzless skin of a nectarine.
What part of speech is peach fuzz?
Peach fuzz is a noun.

Words near peach fuzz in the dictionary

  1. peach blossom
  2. peach blossoms
  3. Peach County
  4. peach fruit moth
  5. peach fruit moths
  6. peach fuzz
  7. peach leaf curl
  8. peach melba
  9. peach melbas
  10. peach of immortality
  11. peach palm

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