Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ado"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ado \A*do"\ ([.a]*d[=oo]"), (1) v. inf., (2) n. [OE. at do,
northern form for to do. Cf. {Affair}.]
1. To do; in doing; as, there is nothing ado. ``What is here
ado?'' --J. Newton.
2. Doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss;
bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles.
With much ado, he partly kept awake. --Dryden.
Let's follow to see the end of this ado. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ado
n : a rapid bustling commotion [syn: {bustle}, {hustle}, {flurry},
{fuss}, {stir}]
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