Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In shuffling cards, the act of taking one from the top and one from the bottom simultaneously, with the finger and thumb of the right hand. Also called milking and mowing.

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  • verb Present participle of fuzz.
  • noun computing Fuzz testing.

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Examples

  • And he was so uncomfortable even with the idea of fuzzing his face that he cut out a cereal box to cover his face because it's so, so deeply sensitive.

    CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2007 2007

  • The kits were susceptible to "fuzzing"-attacks by transmissions of malformed data that can crash devices or expose holes in the security of their implentation of the Logical Link Control and Adaption Protocol L2CAP.

    Ars Technica Sean Gallagher 2011

  • In instant messenger and e-mail conversations, Wu explains how he uses a method known as "fuzzing" to harvest those bugs.

    What This Hacker Could Teach Apple 2010

  • In instant messenger and e-mail conversations, Wu explains how he uses a method known as "fuzzing" to harvest those bugs.

    What This Chinese Hacker Could Teach Apple 2010

  • In instant messenger and e-mail conversations, Wu explains how he uses a method known as "fuzzing" to harvest those bugs.

    What This Chinese Hacker Could Teach Apple 2010

  • In instant messenger and e-mail conversations, Wu explains how he uses a method known as "fuzzing" to harvest those bugs.

    What This Chinese Hacker Could Teach Apple 2010

  • ABC's Jake Tapper: Romney "fuzzing" description of Mormon religion by on

    06/24/2007 2007

  • ABC's Jake Tapper explained on THIS WEEK today that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is "fuzzing" his description of his Mormon faith in order to make it sound more mainstream to American voters.

    06/24/2007 2007

  • ABC's Jake Tapper: Romney "fuzzing" description of...

    06/24/2007 2007

  • Office developers found the bugs by running millions of "fuzzing" tests, said Tom Gallagher, senior security test lead with Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing group.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2010

  • Contrast this strategy with another method of software analysis known as fuzzing, in which you feed random permutations of data into a program to crash it, after which you can determine the vulnerabilities that were at fault and how they might be exploited in a more deliberate attack.

    Mayhem, the Machine That Finds Software Vulnerabilities, Then Patches Them David Brumley 2021

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  • This isn't quite made-up, but it has a new meaning now. Fuzzing is when there's a clear sky and mysterious white fuzz keeps floating down from it.

    March 2, 2008