Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fuss"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fuss
n 1: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there
was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: {dither}, {pother},
{tizzy}, {flap}]
2: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they
had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: {trouble}, {bother},
{hassle}]
3: petty quarrel [syn: {bicker}, {bickering}, {spat}, {tiff}, {squabble}]
4: a rapid bustling commotion [syn: {bustle}, {hustle}, {flurry},
{ado}, {stir}]
v 1: worry unnecessarily of excessively [syn: {niggle}, {fret}]
2: care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband" [syn:
{mother}, {overprotect}]
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