[ US /ˈfəs/ ]
[ UK /fˈʌs/ ]
NOUN
  1. an angry disturbance
    a spot of bother
    they had labor trouble
    he didn't want to make a fuss
  2. an excited state of agitation
    he was in a dither
    there was a terrible flap about the theft
  3. a quarrel about petty points
  4. a rapid active commotion
VERB
  1. care for like a mother
    She fusses over her husband
  2. worry unnecessarily or excessively
    don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now
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How To Use fuss In A Sentence

  • On Tuesday, guard Jaymes Brooks was discussing how Smith has become the player who "fusses at us a lot, tries to get our spirits up, tries to tell us not to get our heads down in certain situations" when he also alluded to a speech Smith gave at halftime of that East Carolina game. Did Andre Smith save the Hokies' season?
  • Rampant Victoriana tends to be a bit too fussy for me, but there were some lovely bits of jet and marcasite jewelry that called my name. Runaway, Jersey-style
  • It's all a lot of fuss and nonsense got up by some pesky civil rights activists, some of whom you can find here at Stand.
  • Visitors are welcome to fuss and pet the animals. The Sun
  • Fuss' photograms have reproduced water droplets, birds in flight, moving light and even a trail of snakes moving across light-sensitive paper, dusted with talcum powder.
  • No fuss, no frills and great colours. Times, Sunday Times
  • As a person, though, she is very knowing, which is why she's trying to get through the whole thing with a minimum amount of fuss.
  • Just the thought of going into a fish shop and knowing you can get something that's gluten free with no hassle and no fuss is wonderful.
  • PERRY: There's no question about it, parents who are comfortable with a child who gets a C or D, parents who are comfortable dropping their child off at a school that they no is ragged -- they have watched that school undereducate a generation or two -- parents who are willing to go down and fuss and fight when their child doesn't play on the basketball team, but are unwilling to go down and fight the same way when that child is not being served in -- in the classroom. CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2009
  • “When I mentioned Mr. Snow’s name belowdecks it stirred up quite a fuss,” she said. The Berrybender Narratives
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