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verb
To search for something; to rummage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, intransitive
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verb
To search for something; to rummage.
To elicit information; to ferret out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, intransitive, specifically
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verb
To search for something; to rummage.
To search for gems, gold, etc., on the surface or in abandoned workings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, intransitive, specifically
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verb
To be troublesome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive
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History
Probably from dialectal fossick (“to ferret out”), fossuck (“troublesome person”), fussick (“to potter over one's work”), fussock (“to bustle about”), further origin uncertain. Compare fuss.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
