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Meaning of fuss

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  fuss
      n 1: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there
           was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: {dither},
           {pother}, {fuss}, {tizzy}, {flap}]
      2: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they
         had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: {fuss},
         {trouble}, {bother}, {hassle}]
      3: a quarrel about petty points [syn: {bicker}, {bickering},
         {spat}, {tiff}, {squabble}, {pettifoggery}, {fuss}]
      4: a rapid active commotion [syn: {bustle}, {hustle}, {flurry},
         {ado}, {fuss}, {stir}]
      v 1: worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much
           over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" [syn:
           {fuss}, {niggle}, {fret}]
      2: care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband" [syn:
         {mother}, {fuss}, {overprotect}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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