fuzzball

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A ball of fuzzy material.

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

2. (countable, humorous, informal)Any soft, fuzzy creature.

   “Near-synonyms: furball, fluffball”

   “Ferrets can be very entertaining little fuzzballs, but keeping a ferret as a pet is also a big responsibility.”

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