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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fuss \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fuss \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fuss n 1: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: {dither}, {pother}, {tizzy}, {flap}] 2: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: {trouble}, {bother}, {hassle}] 3: petty quarrel [syn: {bicker}, {bickering}, {spat}, {tiff}, {squabble}] 4: a rapid bustling commotion [syn: {bustle}, {hustle}, {flurry}, {ado}, {stir}] v 1: worry unnecessarily of excessively [syn: {niggle}, {fret}] 2: care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband" [syn: {mother}, {overprotect}]
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