Meaning of FUSS
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- [n] a rapid bustling commotion
- [n] petty quarrel
- [n] an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
- [n] an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
- [v] worry unnecessarily of excessively
- [v] care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband"
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FUSS is a 4 letter word that starts with F. |
| | Synonyms: | | ado, bicker, bickering, bother, bustle, dither, flap, flurry, fret, hassle, hustle, mother, niggle, overprotect, pother, spat, squabble, stir, tiff, tizzy, trouble |
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| | See Also: | | agitation, care, commotion, din, disturbance, dither, dustup, flap, give care, perturbation, pother, quarrel, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, run-in, scruple, tumult, words, worry, wrangle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Fuss\, n. [Cf. {Fusome}.]
1. A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about
trifles. --Byron.
Zealously, assiduously, and with a minimum of fuss
or noise --Carlyle.
2. One who is unduly anxious about trifles. [R.]
I am a fuss and I don't deny it. --W. D.
Howell.
\Fuss\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fussed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fussing}.]
To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a
bustle or ado. --Sir W. Scott.
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