noun A wick or cord used to convey flame to gunpowder, a bomb, or similar explosive.
noun An otherwise stable arbitrarily long repeating pattern that, when perturbed from one end, destructively carries that perturbation at a constant speed to the other end.
noun Alternative spelling of fuze, a detonator, any mechanism igniting an explosive substance or device.
noun A tendency to lose one's temper.
When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.
noun A kind of match for starting a fire: A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
noun A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
noun A match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
verb To furnish with a fuse, to install a fuse on.