intransitive. To busy oneself with inconsequential effect, to blunder about.
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释义 | the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > be brisk or active > bustle > fuss or make a fuss (15) nytelc1400 intransitive. To busy oneself with inconsequential effect, to blunder about. to make a matter1549 Used as an indeterminate noun (comparable to thing). to make a matter: to make a fuss or to-do. rare. to keep a coil1568 to keep a coil: to keep up a disturbance; make a fuss, bustle, much ado. squatter1593 intransitive ? To be fussily busy. Obsolete. rare. fiddle-faddle1633 intransitive. To be busy about petty trifles; to fuss, ‘mess about’. to play hell (with)1750 to play hell (with): to upset, confuse; to cause trouble (for); to make a fuss. fuss1792 intransitive. To make a fuss; to be in a bustle; to busy oneself restlessly about trifles; to move fussily (about, up and down, etc.). to play hell and Tommy1825 hell and tommy: disturbance; great trouble; earliest in to play hell and Tommy: to behave wildly; to cause trouble. Also as int. Cf. phrases 5a. Now… piggle1836 transitive. To fiddle or toy with; to niggle or worry at. Also intransitive. palavera1840 intransitive. Originally and chiefly Scottish. To waste time on unnecessary trifles; to fuss; to dither. to make a time1844 U.S. colloquial. to make a time: to make a fuss; to ‘make a song and dance’. Now rare. to make a time1844 transitive. U.S. colloquial. to make a time: to make a fuss; to ‘make a song and dance’. Now rare. friggle1848 intransitive. dialect. To fribble, to fuss. fussify1868 intransitive. To make a fuss, to go about fussily. to make a production of (or out of)1941 figurative. An unnecessarily elaborate performance; a fuss, commotion, drama. Frequently in to make a production of (or out of). Cf production number… |
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