- present tense form of fuss (3rd person singular).
fusses
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While Lord Wynstowe fusses around measuring chins and noses, Charlie and Alice are concerned with the grosser features of the human body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
But she pays little attention as she fusses around the grave and whispers sweet nothings to her dead son.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
It fusses over your toast, insisting that the flour it comes from has no more than 75 insect fragments and one rodent hair per 50 grams.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2022
Put her back in her crib, and if she fusses and cries again, go back and hold or rock her until she stops.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2022
Her father fusses with his rucksack, with the door latch, with his matches.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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