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fuss

Definition

  • noun: activity or excitement that is unusual and that often is not wanted or necessary
  • noun: needless bustle or excitement
  • verb: to be or become upset or worried
  • verb: to create or be in a state of restless activity
  • often used with 'make'
  • synonyms: tumult, bustle, fussbudget

Examples

  • ('US') Everyone 'made' such a 'fuss' over the baby. = ('Brit') Everyone 'made' such a 'fuss' of the baby. [=everyone paid a lot of excited attention to the baby]

  • We'd love to come to dinner, but please don't 'make' a 'fuss'. [=don't do a lot of extra things that you would not usually do]

  • We can eat at either restaurant: I'm 'not fussed'. = I'm 'not fussed' about which restaurant we eat at.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ODIN: Enough! I will speak to the prisoner alone. (LAUGHS) I really don't see what all the fuss is about. Do you not truly feel the gravity of your crimes? Wherever you go, there is war, ruin, and death. (..)
    2013 Thor: The Dark World