"fuss" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fʌs/ Audio: en-us-fuss.ogg Forms: fusses [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌs Etymology: Of unknown origin. Perhaps from Danish fjas (“nonsense”), from Middle Low German (compare German faseln (“to maunder, talk nonsense”)). Etymology templates: {{unk|en|title=unknown}} unknown, {{der|en|da|fjas||nonsense}} Danish fjas (“nonsense”), {{der|en|gml|-}} Middle Low German, {{cog|de|faseln||to maunder, talk nonsense}} German faseln (“to maunder, talk nonsense”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fuss (countable and uncountable, plural fusses)
  1. (countable or uncountable) Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something): суетене (suetene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), шетня (šetnja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), rebombori [masculine] (Catalan), gatzara [feminine] (Catalan), brogit [masculine] (Catalan), cridòria [feminine] (Catalan), aldarull [masculine] (Catalan), povyk [masculine] (Czech), hössötys (Finnish), hämminki (Finnish), tohina (Finnish), touhu (Finnish), touhuaminen (Finnish), touhotus (Finnish), agitation [feminine] (French), barullo [masculine] (Galician), Lärm [masculine] (German), Wirbel [masculine] (German), Aufstand [masculine] (German), Gehabe [neuter] (German), Trubel [masculine] (German), αναστάτωση (anastátosi) [feminine] (Greek), φασαρία (fasaría) [feminine] (Greek), αναταραχή (anatarachí) [feminine] (Greek), σαματάς (samatás) [masculine] (Greek), αναμπουμπούλα (anampoumpoúla) [masculine] (Greek), felhajtás (Hungarian), hűhó (Hungarian), fakszni (Hungarian), fothragadh [masculine] (Irish), confusione [feminine] (Italian), trambusto [masculine] (Italian), daffare [masculine] (Italian), utiuti (Maori), kjas (Norwegian), Kracheel [masculine] (Plautdietsch), rebuliço [masculine] (Portuguese), confusão [feminine] (Portuguese), barulho [masculine] (Portuguese), freamăt [neuter] (Romanian), agitație [feminine] (Romanian), frământare [feminine] (Romanian), суета́ (sujetá) [feminine] (Russian), сумато́ха (sumatóxa) [feminine] (Russian), сыр-бор (syr-bor) [masculine] (Russian), шуми́ха (šumíxa) [feminine] (Russian), fandango [masculine] (Spanish), jaleo [masculine] (Spanish), escándalo [masculine] (Spanish), quilombo [masculine] (Spanish), telaş (Turkish), velvele (Turkish), yaygara (Turkish), ffwdan (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fuss-en-noun-sC-ttEhN Disambiguation of 'excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something': 98 0 1
  2. A complaint or noise; a scene. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a complaint or noise): шум (šum) [masculine] (Bulgarian), врява (vrjava) [feminine] (Bulgarian), meteli (Finnish), metakka (Finnish), histoires [feminine, plural] (French), Wirbel [masculine] (German), Theater [neuter] (German), Geschrei [neuter] (German), φασαρία (fasaría) [feminine] (Greek), σαματάς (samatás) [masculine] (Greek), balhé [colloquial] (Hungarian), jelenet (english: scene) (Hungarian), botrány (english: scandal/outrage) (Hungarian), felzúdulás (english: uproar) (Hungarian), lárma (english: din/racket) (Hungarian), rumore [masculine] (Italian), baccano [masculine] (Italian), chiasso [masculine] (Italian), amuamu (Maori), kōamuamu (Maori), reclamação (Portuguese), bagunça (Portuguese), barulho (Portuguese), fuzuê [masculine] (Portuguese), auê [masculine, slang] (Portuguese), indispoziție [feminine] (Romanian), zgomot [neuter] (Romanian), gălăgie [feminine] (Romanian), шум (šum) [masculine] (Russian), представле́ние (predstavlénije) [neuter] (Russian), quilombo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fuss-en-noun-E-vmLmQl Disambiguation of 'a complaint or noise': 1 99 0
  3. An exhibition of affection or admiration. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (an exhibition of affection or admiration): ihastelu (Finnish), tohina (Finnish), touhu (Finnish), touhotus (Finnish), vouhotus (Finnish), ein Fass aufmachen [idiomatic] (German), scalpore [masculine] (Italian), entusiasmo [masculine] (Italian), entuziasm [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-fuss-en-noun-aBmDjEJn Disambiguation of 'an exhibition of affection or admiration': 2 0 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fuss-budget, fuss-budgetry, kick up a fuss

Verb

IPA: /fʌs/ Audio: en-us-fuss.ogg Forms: fusses [present, singular, third-person], fussing [participle, present], fussed [participle, past], fussed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌs Etymology: Of unknown origin. Perhaps from Danish fjas (“nonsense”), from Middle Low German (compare German faseln (“to maunder, talk nonsense”)). Etymology templates: {{unk|en|title=unknown}} unknown, {{der|en|da|fjas||nonsense}} Danish fjas (“nonsense”), {{der|en|gml|-}} Middle Low German, {{cog|de|faseln||to maunder, talk nonsense}} German faseln (“to maunder, talk nonsense”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fuss (third-person singular simple present fusses, present participle fussing, simple past and past participle fussed)
  1. (intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much. Tags: intransitive Translations (to be very worried or excited about something, often too much): тревожа се (trevoža se) (Bulgarian), безпокоя се (bezpokoja se) (Bulgarian), hössöttää (Finnish), touhottaa (Finnish), tohista (Finnish), s’agiter (French), s’empresser (French), ανησυχώ (anisychó) (Greek), izgul (Hungarian), nagy hűhót csap (Hungarian), nagy faksznit csinál (Hungarian), agitarsi (Italian), affannarsi (Italian), scalmanarsi (Italian), przeżywać [imperfective] (Polish), przejmować się [imperfective] (Polish), srać się (vulg) [imperfective] (Polish), agita (Romanian), frământa (Romanian), суети́ться (sujetítʹsja) (Russian), переживать (pereživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fuss-en-verb-HPNwuno6 Disambiguation of 'to be very worried or excited about something, often too much': 97 1 1 1 1 0
  2. (intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust Tags: intransitive Translations (to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something): суетя се (suetja se) (Bulgarian), щурам се (šturam se) (Bulgarian), hiplata (Finnish), touhuta (Finnish), touhottaa (Finnish), tracasser (French), fummeln [colloquial] (German), πειράζω (peirázo) (Greek), babrál (Hungarian), vacakol (Hungarian), igazgat (Hungarian), matat (Hungarian), scocciare (Italian), agitarsi (Italian), seccare (Italian), fâțâi (Romanian), foi (Romanian), возиться (vozitʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fuss-en-verb-Ol34m--n Disambiguation of 'to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something': 2 91 6 1 1 0
  3. (transitive) To disturb (a person) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-fuss-en-verb-1Hs~Hm5U
  4. (intransitive, US, especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured. Tags: US, especially, intransitive Translations (to be ill-humoured): تتیزلنمك (titizlenmek) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-fuss-en-verb-s8rftYhd Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 1 13 7 4 6 38 26 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 2 11 9 8 8 30 18 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 2 11 7 6 6 36 20 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 2 8 5 4 5 41 27 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 2 12 10 10 5 37 14 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 2 9 10 10 5 39 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 2 7 8 11 20 30 11 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 2 9 10 10 5 38 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 2 10 9 8 8 34 16 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 7 2 9 10 10 5 38 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 3 9 11 6 6 38 16 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 2 8 13 8 8 32 15 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 2 7 11 11 19 28 11 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 7 2 8 9 9 4 44 13 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 2 9 8 6 6 40 17 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 7 2 9 10 10 5 39 14 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 7 2 9 10 10 5 38 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 6 2 9 13 9 4 42 12 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 4 1 6 4 3 4 63 12 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 2 9 11 11 6 34 15 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 1 10 7 11 19 29 11 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 7 2 9 10 10 5 38 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 2 9 8 6 6 40 17 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 1 8 8 7 7 39 17 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 7 1 9 10 10 5 41 15 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 8 2 9 9 8 8 34 16 7 Disambiguation of 'to be ill-humoured': 5 3 4 76 13 0
  5. (intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals. Tags: intransitive Translations (to show affection for): helliä (Finnish), hellitellä (Finnish), verrückt sein (nach) (German)
    Sense id: en-fuss-en-verb-DQ1TPm2m Disambiguation of 'to show affection for': 4 3 3 2 88 0
  6. (transitive) To pet. Tags: transitive Translations (to pet): silitellä (Finnish), streicheln (German), χαϊδεύω (chaïdévo) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-fuss-en-verb-HC7xRAZH Disambiguation of 'to pet': 0 0 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fuss around, fuss over, fussbudget, fussbutton, fusspot, fussy, fuss and bother, no muss no fuss

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1866 (date written), Thomas Carlyle, “Jane Welsh Carlyle”, in James Anthony Froude, editor, Reminiscences, volume II, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1881, →OCLC, page 158:",
          "text": "Sickness did not last above a ten days; my poor wife zealously assiduous, and with a minimum of fuss or noise.",
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          "ref": "1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:",
          "text": "“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.”",
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          "ref": "2018 January 25, Amelia Gentleman, “Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power”, in the Guardian:",
          "text": "But in the reader comments section beneath the FT piece, many couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about. “I’m surprised to see the FT reporting this sort of thing,” one person wrote.",
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          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
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          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gatzara"
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          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "brogit"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "cridòria"
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          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "povyk"
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          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "word": "hössötys"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "word": "hämminki"
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          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "tohina"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "word": "touhu"
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          "word": "touhuaminen"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "agitation"
        },
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "barullo"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Lärm"
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          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Wirbel"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
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          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
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          "word": "Trubel"
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          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "αναστάτωση"
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          "roman": "fasaría",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "φασαρία"
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          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "anatarachí",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "αναταραχή"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "samatás",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "σαματάς"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anampoumpoúla",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "αναμπουμπούλα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "word": "felhajtás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "word": "hűhó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "word": "fakszni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fothragadh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "confusione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trambusto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "daffare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "word": "utiuti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "word": "kjas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kracheel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rebuliço"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "confusão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "barulho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "freamăt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "agitație"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "frământare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sujetá",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "суета́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sumatóxa",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сумато́ха"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "syr-bor",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сыр-бор"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šumíxa",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "шуми́ха"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fandango"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jaleo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "escándalo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "quilombo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 0 1",
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
          "word": "ffwdan"
        }
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        {
          "text": "If you make enough of a fuss about the problem, maybe they'll fix it for you.",
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        }
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        [
          "complaint",
          "complaint"
        ],
        [
          "noise",
          "noise"
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        ]
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          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "šum",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шум"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vrjava",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "врява"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "word": "meteli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "word": "metakka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "histoires"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Wirbel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Theater"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Geschrei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "fasaría",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "φασαρία"
        },
        {
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "samatás",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "σαματάς"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "balhé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "hu",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "word": "jelenet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "scandal/outrage",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "word": "botrány"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "hu",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "word": "felzúdulás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "din/racket",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "word": "lárma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rumore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "baccano"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chiasso"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "word": "amuamu"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "word": "kōamuamu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "word": "reclamação"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "word": "bagunça"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "word": "barulho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fuzuê"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "auê"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "indispoziție"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "zgomot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gălăgie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šum",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шум"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predstavlénije",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "представле́ние"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a complaint or noise",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "quilombo"
        }
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        {
          "text": "They made a great fuss over the new baby.",
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        [
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          "admiration"
        ]
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          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
          "word": "ihastelu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
          "word": "tohina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
          "word": "touhu"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
          "word": "touhotus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic"
          ],
          "word": "ein Fass aufmachen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scalpore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "entusiasmo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 98",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "entuziasm"
        }
      ]
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      "ipa": "/fʌs/"
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}

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fuss around"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fuss over"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fussbudget"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fussbutton"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fusspot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fussy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fuss and bother"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "no muss no fuss"
    }
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        "title": "unknown"
      },
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        "2": "da",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "nonsense"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "-"
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      "expansion": "Middle Low German",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to maunder, talk nonsense"
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    }
  ],
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      "form": "fusses",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "fussing",
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        "present"
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      "form": "fussed",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "text": "His grandmother will never quit fussing over his vegetarianism.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984 December 29, Duncan Mitchel, “The Cult of Gay Machismo”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 9:",
          "text": "Dear reader, spare me. I don't hate men, I love them; I eat 'em for breakfast. But it seems to me that fussing about masculinity is intimately related to homophobia.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To be very worried or excited about something, often too much."
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      "id": "en-fuss-en-verb-HPNwuno6",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "trevoža se",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "тревожа се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bezpokoja se",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "безпокоя се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "hössöttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "touhottaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "tohista"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "s’agiter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "s’empresser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anisychó",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "ανησυχώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "izgul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "nagy hűhót csap"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "nagy faksznit csinál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "agitarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "affannarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "scalmanarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "przeżywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "przejmować się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "srać się (vulg)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "agita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "frământa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sujetítʹsja",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "word": "суети́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "pereživatʹ",
          "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "переживать"
        }
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        {
          "text": "Quit fussing with your hair. It looks fine.",
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        }
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        "To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust"
      ],
      "id": "en-fuss-en-verb-Ol34m--n",
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        [
          "fidget",
          "fidget"
        ],
        [
          "wiggle",
          "wiggle"
        ],
        [
          "adjust",
          "adjust"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust"
      ],
      "tags": [
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          "word": "helliä"
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        "(transitive) To pet."
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          "sense": "to pet",
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        {
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          "sense": "to pet",
          "word": "χαϊδεύω"
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    "Terms with Maori translations",
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      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "word": "touhuaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
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      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "agitation"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lärm"
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      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Aufstand"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Trubel"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "el",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "word": "felhajtás"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "word": "hűhó"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "no",
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      "code": "pdt",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rebuliço"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "confusão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barulho"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "freamăt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "agitație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "frământare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sujetá",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "суета́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sumatóxa",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сумато́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "syr-bor",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сыр-бор"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "šumíxa",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шуми́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fandango"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jaleo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escándalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quilombo"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "word": "telaş"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "word": "velvele"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "word": "yaygara"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something",
      "word": "ffwdan"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šum",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шум"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vrjava",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "врява"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "word": "meteli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "word": "metakka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "histoires"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wirbel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
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      ],
      "word": "Geschrei"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "fasaría",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φασαρία"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "samatás",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σαματάς"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "balhé"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "word": "jelenet"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "botrány"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "word": "felzúdulás"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "din/racket",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "word": "lárma"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rumore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baccano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chiasso"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "word": "amuamu"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "word": "kōamuamu"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "word": "reclamação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "word": "bagunça"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "word": "barulho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuzuê"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
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        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "auê"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "indispoziție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zgomot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gălăgie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šum",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шум"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predstavlénije",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "представле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a complaint or noise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quilombo"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
      "word": "ihastelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
      "word": "tohina"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
      "word": "touhu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
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      ],
      "word": "ein Fass aufmachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scalpore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "entusiasmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "an exhibition of affection or admiration",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "word": "hössöttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "word": "touhottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "word": "tohista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "word": "s’agiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "word": "s’empresser"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anisychó",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "word": "ανησυχώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "word": "izgul"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "word": "nagy hűhót csap"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "word": "nagy faksznit csinál"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "word": "agitarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "word": "affannarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "word": "scalmanarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przeżywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przejmować się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "srać się (vulg)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "word": "agita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "word": "frământa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sujetítʹsja",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "word": "суети́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereživatʹ",
      "sense": "to be very worried or excited about something, often too much",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "переживать"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "suetja se",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "word": "суетя се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šturam se",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "word": "щурам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "word": "hiplata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "word": "touhuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "word": "touhottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "word": "tracasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "fummeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "peirázo",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "word": "πειράζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "word": "babrál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "word": "vacakol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "word": "igazgat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "word": "matat"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "word": "scocciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "word": "agitarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "word": "seccare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "word": "fâțâi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "word": "foi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozitʹsja",
      "sense": "to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "возиться"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to show affection for",
      "word": "helliä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to show affection for",
      "word": "hellitellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to show affection for",
      "word": "verrückt sein (nach)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "titizlenmek",
      "sense": "to be ill-humoured",
      "word": "تتیزلنمك"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pet",
      "word": "silitellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pet",
      "word": "streicheln"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chaïdévo",
      "sense": "to pet",
      "word": "χαϊδεύω"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fuss"
}

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