fuss : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fuss	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for fuss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fuss n an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" Synonym(s): dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" Synonym(s): fuss, trouble, bother, hassle a quarrel about petty points Synonym(s): bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss a rapid active commotion Synonym(s): bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir v worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" Synonym(s): fuss, niggle, fret care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband" Synonym(s): mother, fuss, overprotect
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.