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[ verb ] worry unnecessarily or excessively
Examples "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" Used in print (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)`` Fuss , fuss , old_man '' . `` Fuss , fuss , old_man '' . |
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[ noun ] an excited state of agitation
Examples "he was in a dither" "there was a terrible flap about the theft" Used in print (Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)He had made such a fuss about buying that second car that he knew he was vulnerable . |
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[ verb ] care for like a mother
Synonyms Examples "She fusses over her husband" Used in print (Clark McMeekin, The Fairbrothers....)Yet when the dear baby came , he had Tillie over_here in a jiffy , and was as attentive and sweet and worried and happy when it was all_over as any husband could have been . |
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[ noun ] an angry disturbance
Examples "he didn't want to make a fuss" "they had labor trouble" "a spot of bother" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 22275
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