fuss
/fʌs/ verb C2- 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.
- To disturb (a person)
- To cry or be ill-humoured.
- To show affection for, especially animals.
- To pet. · He fussed the cat.
He/she/it fusses · Past fussed · Past participle fussed · -ing form fussing
Verb forms
- Base form
- fuss
- He/she/it
- fusses
- Past
- fussed
- Past participle
- fussed
- -ing form
- fussing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Then it was that the Madness of Manhattan, the frenzy of Fuss and Feathers, the Bacillus of Brag, the Provincial Plague of Pose seized upon Towers Chandler.
Rikki-tikki was rather amused at all the fuss, which, of course, he did not understand.
“About Anne’s fuss in school, I reckon,” she said.
The less fuss made the better, in my opinion.
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