fuss
verb/fʌs/
/fʌs/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they fuss | /fʌs/ /fʌs/ |
| he / she / it fusses | /ˈfʌsɪz/ /ˈfʌsɪz/ |
| past simple fussed | /fʌst/ /fʌst/ |
| past participle fussed | /fʌst/ /fʌst/ |
| -ing form fussing | /ˈfʌsɪŋ/ /ˈfʌsɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to do things, or pay too much attention to things, that are not important or necessary
- fuss (around) Stop fussing around and find something useful to do!
- While the others fussed and worried and dashed around, Mary sat quietly reading.
- fuss (with/over something) Don't fuss with your hair!
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- [intransitive] fuss (about something) to worry about things that are not very important
- Don't fuss, Mum, everything is all right.
- Paula’s always fussing about her health although she's fine.
Word Originearly 18th cent.: perhaps Anglo-Irish.
Idioms
See fuss in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarynot be fussed (about something)
- (British English, informal) to not mind about something; to not have feelings about something synonym not be bothered
- It'd be good to be there, but I'm not that fussed.
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