ENGLISH: fuss - CREOLE: meli



Overview of noun fuss



The noun fuss has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



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

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

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

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



Overview of verb fuss



The verb fuss has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



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

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

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