Fuzzballとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From fuzz +‎ ball.

名詞

fuzzball (countable and uncountable, plural fuzzballs)

1. A ball of fuzzy material.
   • 1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye:

     I sit in my bedroom picking the pilly fuzzballs off my lambswool sweaters and the phone will ring.

2. (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.

3. (countable, astronomy) A quantum description of a black hole in superstring theory.
4. (countable) A puffball.
5. (uncountable) An informal American street game resembling baseball.
6. Synonym of pill (“ball of fibers formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing”).

別の表記

• fuzzy-ball