Definitions for fuss

• Definition
• Anagrams (11)

fuss fuss

Spelling: [fuhs]

IPA: /fʌs/

Fuss is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 11 anagrams from letters in fuss (fssu).

Definitions for fuss

noun

1. an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle:
2. an argument or noisy dispute:
3. a complaint or protest, especially about something relatively unimportant.

verb (used with object)

1. to disturb, especially with trifles; annoy; bother.

verb (used without object)

1. to make a fuss; make much ado about trifles:
2. to complain especially about something relatively unimportant.

Origin of fuss

First recorded in 1695-1705; origin uncertain

Examples for fuss

I told Coplen to offer her a million cash for everything rather'n have any fuss.

She knew how to cause a fuss, how to become the center of media attention.

After what one cop called “a heck of a fuss,” they finally managed to print her.

That it was only a Yankee ship, any how, and that it is all "blarsted" nonsense to make a fuss about it.

Now, with the publication of ‘Loitering,’ the uninitiated can discover what all the fuss is about.

Mauresmo realizes she has doubters, but is not letting herself be distracted by all the fuss.

Did he remember the fuss his dear father used to make about it?

Madonna was supposed to come but canceled after the media raised a fuss.

Let 'em do just as they're a moind to, and not raise a fuss about it?

If she insisted that she was ill and unable to go back, there would be a fuss.