fuss Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an excited state of agitation
    pother; tizzy; dither; flap.
    • he was in a dither
    • there was a terrible flap about the theft
  2. noun an angry disturbance
    bother; trouble; hassle.
    • he didn't want to make a fuss
    • they had labor trouble
    • a spot of bother
  3. noun a quarrel about petty points
    squabble; bicker; pettifoggery; bickering; tiff; spat.
  4. noun a rapid active commotion
    flurry; bustle; ado; stir; hustle.
  5. verb worry unnecessarily or excessively
    niggle; fret.
    • don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now
  6. verb care for like a mother
    overprotect; mother.
    • She fusses over her husband

WordNet

Fuss noun
Etymology
Cf. Fusome.
Definitions
  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.
Fuss intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Fussed ; present participle & verbal noun Fussing
Definitions
  1. To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado. Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1913