| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Fuss.[Websters]
2. To have rowed, pothered, blared, breezed or wrangled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To be storied. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have dined, clamoured or roared. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To be tangled, broiled or disputed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be vexed or fashed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have turmoiled, fluttered or fermented. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have crowded, hustled or rushed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To be frayed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To be fragmented.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb fuss.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fuss) | 1. Worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now".[Wordnet]. 2. Care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband".[Wordnet]. 3. To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado.[Websters]. 4. To cheer.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To fight.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To spat.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To stagger.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To fit.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To spit.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Base verb from the following inflections: fussing, fussed, fusses, fusser, fussers, fussingly and fussedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being storied.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being tangled, broiled or disputed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being vexed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being frayed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being fragmented. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being worried or troubled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being glooming or sorrowing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being grudging or jaundiced.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FUSSED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1834. (references) |
Specialty Definition: fuss
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A tumult; a bustle; but the word is vulgar.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Geography | Fuß is geographically located in Germany. Its features include a farm (a tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture). Its geographic coordinates are 47.833333 degrees North latitude and 11.85 degrees East longitude. (references) | ||
| Literature | 1: "So full of figure, so full of fuss, 2: Fuss Much ado about nothing. (Anglo-Saxon, fus, eager.) 3: Hood: Miss Kilmansegg, part iii. stanza 12. 4: She seemed to be nothing but bustle." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Slang in 1811 | FUSS. A confusion, a hurry, an unnecessary to do about trifles. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (countable or uncountable) excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something They made a big fuss about the wedding plans. What's all the fuss about?. (references) | 2: [Noun] a complaint or noise If you make enough of a fuss about the problem, maybe they'll fix it for you. (references) | 3: [Noun] an exhibition of affection or admiration They made a great fuss over the new baby. (references) | 4: [Noun] Future Utah Student Section or Former Utah Student Section. (references) | 5: [Verb] (intransitive) to be very worried or excited about something, often too much. His grandmother will never quit fussing over his vegetarianism. (references) | 6: [Verb] (intransitive) to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something Quit fussing with your hair. It looks fine. He fussed the cat. (references) | 7: [Verb] (transitive) to pet. He fussed the cat. (references) | 8: [Verb] (transitive) to show affection for, esp. animals. (references) |
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Common Expressions: fuss
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Fuss Pot | Fuss Pot was originally a comic strip in the UK comic Knockout. It made its first appearance in Issue 1, dated 12 June 1971. The strip was about a girl of the same name, who fussed about everything and everyone in her path. It joined Whizzer and Chips in 1973 after Knockout merged with it (becoming a Chip-ite) and then joined Buster in 1990 after Whizzer and Chips merged with that. Through the medium of reprints, it stayed with Buster until the end. (references) | ||
| Hot Fuss | Hot Fuss is the debut album by Las Vegas-based rock band The Killers, first released in 2004 (see 2004 in music). (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: fuss
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Don't make a fuss | MultiLingual Slang | Alemannic (Larry). (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: fuss | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Unnecessary Fuss | 25 | Adam Fuss | 9 | |
| Hot Fuss | 24 | Fuss | 4 | |
| Sonja Fuss | 12 | Fuss (punk group) | 2 | |
| Adam Fuss | 9 | Fuss Peak | 4 | |
| No Muss...No Fuss | 8 | Fuss Pot | 3 | |
| So What the Fuss | 5 | Hot Fuss | 24 | |
| Fuss Peak | 4 | No Muss...No Fuss | 8 | |
| Fuss | 4 | So What the Fuss | 5 | |
| Fuss Pot | 3 | Sonja Fuss | 12 | |
| Fuss (punk group) | 2 | Unnecessary Fuss | 25 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
