lint

About 0.65 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.

   Clean the lint out of the vacuum cleaner's filter.

2. noun A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
3. noun The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
4. noun Raw cotton ready for baling.
5. verb To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.

   You should lint your JavaScript code before committing it.

Similar words

fiber fuzz fluff fluffy stuffed doll poetry fibre fuzzy lustrine

Often followed by

and from or is in on off cotton to

Word family

lintier lintiest lintless lints linty