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

  • (..) down at the rest home, ain't that right? Yes. Wonder what old Dunn'll say when I tell him one of his gals is down here stirring a fuss. I ain't stirring no fuss. I'm just here trying to register to vote. It's all right this time. It's right when I say it's right. Recite the Constitution's preamble. (..)
    2014 Selma