Overview of noun fuss

The noun fuss has 4 senses

• dither, pother, fuss, tizzy, flap -- (an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft")


• fuss, trouble, bother, hassle -- (an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother")


• bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss -- (a quarrel about petty points)


• bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir -- (a rapid active commotion)

Overview of verb fuss

The verb fuss has 2 senses

• fuss, niggle, fret -- (worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now")


• mother, fuss, overprotect -- (care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband")