fuss

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /fʌs/
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• Northern-England: /fʊs/
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• rhymes with -ʌs
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• CMU ARPABET: F AH1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Of unknown origin. Perhaps from Danish fjas (“nonsense”), from Middle Low German (compare German faseln (“to maunder, talk nonsense”)). Compare also fouse (“to hasten, rush, tumble, disarrange”).

149 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: суетене (suetene) — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Bulgarian: шетня (šetnja) — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Catalan: rebombori — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Catalan: gatzara — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Catalan: brogit — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Catalan: cridòria — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Catalan: aldarull — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Czech: povyk — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Finnish: hössötys — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Finnish: hämminki — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Finnish: tohina — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Finnish: touhu — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Finnish: touhuaminen — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Finnish: touhotus — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• French: agitation — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Galician: barullo — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• German: Lärm — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• German: Wirbel — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• German: Aufstand — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• German: Gehabe — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• German: Trubel — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Greek: αναστάτωση (anastátosi) — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Greek: φασαρία (fasaría) — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Greek: αναταραχή (anatarachí) — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Greek: σαματάς (samatás) — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Greek: αναμπουμπούλα (anampoumpoúla) — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Hungarian: felhajtás — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Hungarian: hűhó — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Hungarian: fakszni — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Irish: fothragadh — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Italian: confusione — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Italian: trambusto — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Italian: daffare — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Māori: utiuti — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Norwegian: kjas — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Plautdietsch: Kracheel — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Portuguese: rebuliço — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Portuguese: confusão — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Portuguese: barulho — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Romanian: freamăt — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Romanian: agitație — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Romanian: frământare — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Russian: суета́ (sujetá) — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Russian: сумато́ха (sumatóxa) — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Russian: сыр-бор (syr-bor) — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Russian: шуми́ха (šumíxa) — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Spanish: fandango — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Spanish: jaleo — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Spanish: escándalo — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Spanish: quilombo — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Spanish: aspaviento — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Spanish: alharaca — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Spanish: espaviento — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Spanish: pamento — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Spanish: milagrón — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Spanish: esparajismo — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Turkish: telaş — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Turkish: velvele — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Turkish: yaygara — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Welsh: ffwdan — excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something
• Bulgarian: шум (šum) — a complaint or noise
• Bulgarian: врява (vrjava) — a complaint or noise
• Catalan: romanços — a complaint or noise
• Finnish: meteli — a complaint or noise
• Finnish: metakka — a complaint or noise
• French: histoires — a complaint or noise
• German: Wirbel — a complaint or noise
• German: Theater — a complaint or noise
• German: Geschrei — a complaint or noise
• Greek: φασαρία (fasaría) — a complaint or noise
• Greek: σαματάς (samatás) — a complaint or noise
• Hungarian: balhé — a complaint or noise
• Hungarian: jelenet — a complaint or noise
• Hungarian: botrány — a complaint or noise
• Hungarian: felzúdulás — a complaint or noise
• Hungarian: lárma — a complaint or noise
• Italian: rumore — a complaint or noise
• Italian: baccano — a complaint or noise
• Italian: chiasso — a complaint or noise
• Māori: amuamu — a complaint or noise
• Māori: kōamuamu — a complaint or noise
• Portuguese: reclamação — a complaint or noise
• Portuguese: bagunça — a complaint or noise
• Portuguese: barulho — a complaint or noise
• Portuguese: fuzuê — a complaint or noise
• Portuguese: auê — a complaint or noise
• Romanian: indispoziție — a complaint or noise
• Romanian: zgomot — a complaint or noise
• Romanian: gălăgie — a complaint or noise
• Russian: шум (šum) — a complaint or noise
• Russian: представле́ние (predstavlénije) — a complaint or noise
• Spanish: quilombo — a complaint or noise
• Spanish: cuentos — a complaint or noise
• Spanish: chorradas — a complaint or noise
• Finnish: ihastelu — an exhibition of affection or admiration
• Finnish: tohina — an exhibition of affection or admiration
• Finnish: touhu — an exhibition of affection or admiration
• Finnish: touhotus — an exhibition of affection or admiration
• Finnish: vouhotus — an exhibition of affection or admiration
• German: ein Fass aufmachen — an exhibition of affection or admiration
• Italian: scalpore — an exhibition of affection or admiration
• Italian: entusiasmo — an exhibition of affection or admiration
• Romanian: entuziasm — an exhibition of affection or admiration
• Bulgarian: тревожа се (trevoža se) — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Bulgarian: безпокоя се (bezpokoja se) — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Finnish: hössöttää — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Finnish: touhottaa — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Finnish: tohista — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• French: s’agiter — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• French: s’empresser — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Greek: ανησυχώ (anisychó) — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Hungarian: izgul — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Hungarian: nagy hűhót csap — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Hungarian: nagy faksznit csinál — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Italian: agitarsi — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Italian: affannarsi — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Italian: scalmanarsi — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Polish: przeżywać — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Polish: przejmować się — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Polish: srać się (vulg) — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Romanian: agita — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Romanian: frământa — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Russian: суети́ться (sujetítʹsja) — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Russian: переживать (pereživatʹ) — to be very worried or excited about something, often too much
• Bulgarian: суетя се (suetja se) — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• Bulgarian: щурам се (šturam se) — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• Finnish: hiplata — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• Finnish: touhuta — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• Finnish: touhottaa — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• French: tracasser — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• German: fummeln — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• Greek: πειράζω (peirázo) — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• Hungarian: babrál — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• Hungarian: vacakol — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• Hungarian: igazgat — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• Hungarian: matat — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• Italian: scocciare — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• Italian: agitarsi — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• Italian: seccare — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• Romanian: fâțâi — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• Romanian: foi — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• Russian: возиться (vozitʹsja) — to fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry something
• Finnish: helliä — to show affection for
• Finnish: hellitellä — to show affection for
• German: verrückt sein (nach) — to show affection for
• Ottoman Turkish: تتیزلنمك (titizlenmek) — to be ill-humoured
• Finnish: silitellä — to pet
• German: streicheln — to pet
• Greek: χαϊδεύω (chaïdévo) — to pet