fuzzball

plural fuzzballs · alternative fuzzy-ball

1. countableuncountableA 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

2. countablehumorousinformalAny soft, fuzzy creature.

   Near-synonyms: furball, fluffball

   1 more example

   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

   Synonyms: furball, fluffball

3. countableastronomyA quantum description of a black hole in superstring theory.
4. countableA puffball.
5. uncountableAn informal American street game resembling baseball.
6. countableuncountableSynonym of pill (“ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing”).

   Synonyms: pill