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What (who) is fuss - definition
fuss
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Fuss (disambiguation)
(fusses, fussing, fussed)
1.
Fuss is anxious or excited behaviour which serves no useful purpose.
I don't know what all the fuss is about...
He just gets down to work without any fuss.
N-SING: also no det
2.
If you fuss, you worry or behave in a nervous, anxious way about unimportant matters or rush around doing unnecessary things.
Carol fussed about getting me a drink...
My wife was fussing over the food and clothing we were going to take...
A team of waiters began fussing around the table...
'Stop fussing,' he snapped.
VERB: V about, V over n, V prep, V
3.
If you fuss over someone, you pay them a lot of attention and do things to make them happy or comfortable.
Auntie Hilda and Uncle Jack couldn't fuss over them enough.
VERB: V over n
4.
If you make a fuss or kick up a fuss about something, you become angry or excited about it and complain. (INFORMAL)
I kick up a fuss if my wife wants to spend time alone.
PHRASE: V inflects
5.
If you make a fuss of someone, you pay them a lot of attention and do things to make them happy or comfortable. (BRIT)
When I arrived my nephews made a big fuss of me.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
Fuss
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Fuss (disambiguation)
·noun One who is unduly anxious about trifles.
II. Fuss ·noun A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.
III. Fuss ·vi To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado.
fuss
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Fuss (disambiguation)
I. n.
Ado, bustle, fidget, hurry, worry, flurry, stir, excitement, agitation, to-do, pucker (colloq.), much ado about trifles or about nothing.
II. v. n.
1.
Bustle, be in a fidget, make much ado about trifles or about nothing, be in a stew or pucker (colloq.).
2.
Fume, fret, worry.
Examples of use of fuss
1. "We fuss and fuss at people to get surge protectors and they do work," Pruitt said.
2. Republicans found all the fuss rather distasteful.
3. That‘s what the fuss is about," said Ms Felix–Browne.
4. "What‘s all this fuss about?" said one of his advisers.
5. "Our patients had visible improvements, with the minimum of fuss.