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/fʌs/ · fuss
noun
- Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something. They made a big fuss about the wedding plans, insisting on every tiny detail.
- A complaint, noise, or scene; a disturbance. If you make enough of a fuss about the problem, maybe they'll fix it for you.
- An exhibition of affection or admiration. The grandparents made a great fuss over the new baby, showering it with kisses.
verb
- To be very worried or excited about something, often too much. His grandmother will never quit fussing over his vegetarianism.
- To fiddle, fidget, wiggle, or adjust. Quit fussing with your hair; it looks fine.
- (especially of babies) To cry or be ill‑humoured. The infant began fussing as soon as the lights were dimmed.
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Did you know? The expression ‘make a fuss’ appears in Charles Dickens’s 1853 novel *Bleak House*, helping to cement the word’s modern sense of needless agitation.