Reverse Dictionary: FUS – FZ

FUSS, FUSSY – adjectives
– BUSY AS THE DEVIL IN A GALE OF WIND doing or pretending to do a great deal and making a great fuss about it …1797
– CADDLING fussy, fidgety, pottering …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CHOICEY, CHOICY choosy, particular, fussy …1909 Amer. dial.
– CHUFFY fussy; proud, conceited, haughty; pleased, elated …1874 Eng. dial.
– DAINSHACH fastidious, particular; fussy about food …1920 Sc.
– FASHIOUS fractious, peevish, fretting, esp. of children; fussy, fastidious …1736 Sc.
– FASHOUS fractious, peevish, fretting, esp. of children; fussy, fastidious …1736 Sc.
– FEMMY of a man: too particular or fussy; womanish …1967 Amer. dial.
– FINICKING fussy, fastidious, unduly particular about trifles; finicky …1872 Amer. dial.
– FINICKITY fussy, fastidious, finicky …1969 Amer. dial.
– FUSTLING fussing, fussy …1867 Eng. dial.
– HENNY fussy, petty, finicky …1950 Amer. dial.
– HIGHTY-TIGHTY fussy, undecided …B1900 Eng. dial.
– NASTY-NEAT very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned …1916 Amer. dial.
– NASTY-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned …1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– NEAT-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned …1951 Amer. dial.
– NELLIE, NELLY effeminate, affected, fussy, silly …1960 colloq.
– NICE-NASTY very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned …1965 Amer. dial.
– NICEY-NICE affectedly proper; prissy; too particular or fussy …1930 Amer. dial.
– NICEY-NICEY affectedly proper; prissy; too particular or fussy …1930 Amer. dial.
– NIFFY-NAFFY fussy, fastidious, finicking …1923 Sc
– NIPPITY-NICE over-particular or fussy …1967 Amer. dial.
– NOTIONAL strange, having odd or peculiar ideas; fanciful, whimsical; opinionated; temperamental; fussy …1791 Amer. dial.
– NOTIONATE strange, having odd or peculiar ideas; fanciful, whimsical; opinionated; temperamental; fussy …1850 Amer. dial.
– PAUKY, PAWKY dainty, squeamish, over-particular, fussy, difficult to please …Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
– PERJINKETY exact, precise, minutely accurate; extreme as to neatness, fussy, finical …1887 Sc.
– PERNICKETTY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable …1834 Amer. dial.
– PERNICKETY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable…1834 Amer. dial.
– PERNICKITY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable …1834 Amer. dial.
– PERSNICKERTY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable, obstinate …1965 Amer. dial.
– PERSNICKETY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise …1956 Amer. dial.
– PICKETY fussy, particular, fault-finding, hypercritical …1966 Amer. dial.
– QUINTY like an old maid; fussy, fastidious …1916 Amer. dial.
– SNEAKY fussy or finicky about eating …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SPINORTY fancy, fussy, dressy, stylish …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SPONORTY fancy, fussy, dressy, stylish …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– TICKY finicky, fussy, too particular; touchy, easily offended …1894 Amer. dial.
– TITTY TODDY vacillating, undecided; silly, fussy, crotchety …1875 Eng. dial.
fuss, fussy – nouns  (includes FUSSINESS)
– ADOW fuss, bother …1810 Sc.
– ALL TALK AND NO CIDER a great deal of fuss, but very little result; much ado about nothing …1807 Amer.
– BALLYHOO excessive noise, fuss, publicity, etc. …1928 sl., orig. US
– BANGNUE a great fuss about something trivial; much ado about nothing …Bk1898 Sc.
– BEVISH unnecessary fuss or show; uncalled-for energy …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BILLIBUE a hullabaloo; a commotion, fuss, disturbance …Bk1911 Sc. 
– BOBBERY a noise, disturbance, tumult; a fuss, row, uproar; a squabble, quarrel, dispute, altercation …1816 Eng. dial. & sl.
– BOBSY-DIE a fuss …1952 NZ sl.
– BREE a disturbance, a fuss, hurry; bustle …Bk1911 Sc.
– BROUHAHA a fuss …1890 sl.
– BULL-SQUITTER much fuss or talk about a trifle …19C Eng. dial.
– BUSYTY †* the state of being busy; officiousness; fussiness …c1511
​- CADDLE worry, trouble, bother, dispute, fuss …1856 Eng. dial.
– CADDLEMENT fuss, confusion; gossip, chatter …1889 Eng. dial.
– CARRY-ON a fuss; an uproar; an outbreak of excited behaviour …1890 UK sl.
– CODDLE-FARTING a making an unnecessary fuss …19C Eng. dial.
– DIDO a disturbance, noise; a fuss …1880 Eng, dial.
– FADDLE fussiness, fastidiousness …1885 Eng. dial.
– FAIRD † a fuss, pother, to-do …1728 Sc.
– FALDERAL an idle fancy, a vagary; a fuss about trifles; a trifling excuse …1866 Sc.
– FALDERUMDAL an idle fancy, a vagary; a fuss about trifles; a trifling excuse …1866 Sc.
– FANGLE † a fantastic, foppish, or silly contrivance; a piece of finery; foppery, fuss …1583
– FANTEAGUE a state of excitement, a commotion, a fuss; a fit of ill-temper, passion …1825 Eng. dial.
– FANTIGUE a state of excitement, a commotion, a fuss; a fit of ill-temper, passion …1825 Eng. dial.
– FANTOOSHERIE fuss, pretentiousness, ‘swank’ …1951 Sc.
– FARE † display, pomp; commotion, uproar, fuss …a1300
– FASH trouble, vexation; bother, annoyance, disturbance; inconvenience; fuss, pother; also, something that gives trouble …1714 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– FASHERIE trouble, annoyance; fuss, unnecessary ceremony; any unnecessary ornamentation, trimming, etc. …1727 Sc.
– FINAGLE a big fuss over a small matter …1939 Amer. dial.
– FISH-FASH troublesome business, fuss, bother …1875 Eng. dial.
– FLUTTER † ostentatious display, fuss, sensation, show, stir …1667
– FRAISE a fuss, a commotion …1725 Eng. dial.
– FUNK * a row or fuss; a furore …1900 Eng. dial. & sl.
– FUSSATION the act of fussing …1775
– FUSSIFICATION the act of making a fuss …1834
– FUSTLE a fuss or bustle …1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GALLOWS-ROW a great fuss or outcry …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– HAIR TO MAKE A TETHER OF, A a slight pretext of which to make a great deal; a fuss about nothing, a trifle used as an excuse …1727
– HAIVER hesitation accompanied with a great fuss; a person who hesitates …Bk1902 Sc.
– HAIVERS n. hesitation accompanied with a great fuss; a person who hesitates …Bk1902 Sc.
– HALLEGE a disturbance; a bustle, fuss …1867 Eng. dial.
– HARRIAGE a disturbance; a bustle, fuss …1867 Eng. dial.
– HASSLE trouble or annoyance caused by having to do something difficult; a problem, a difficulty; a quarrel, an argument; a fuss, a bother …1945
– HATTER a state of agitation; a flutter, a fuss …a1917 Sc.
– HAVERS hesitation accompanied with a great fuss; a person who hesitates …Bk1902 Sc.
– HERRIDGE a disturbance; a bustle, fuss …1867 Eng. dial.
– HOO-HA a fuss …1931 sl.
– HOO-HAH a fuss …1931 sl.
– HOOPLA n. a fuss …1948 sl.
– HOU-HA a fuss …1931 sl.
– HUMDUDGEON needless noise or fuss; a complaint or outcry with sufficient reason; much ado about nothing …1790 Sc.
– JIMMY FIT a big fuss made about something …c1960 Amer. dial.
– KADDLE worry, trouble, dispute, fuss …1856 Eng. dial.
– KADOO a to-do; a great fuss …1968 Amer. dial.
– KAFUFFLE a fuss …1946 sl.
– KATOO fuss, disturbance …1929 Sc.
– KERFUFFLE a fuss …1946 sl.
– KUFUFFLE a fuss …1946 sl.
– MACHREACH a fuss, a to-do, an outcry, a row …1952 Sc.
– MAKE-ADO an uproar, disturbance; a fuss, a bother …1874 Eng. dial.
– MANCH trouble, pains, bother; a fuss …1897 Eng. dial.
– MANK a moment’s uncertainty, a hesitation; a pother, a fuss, a to-do …1808 Sc.
– MIRATION a display of wonderment, surprise, or admiration; a fuss, a clamour …1888 Amer. dial.
– NARRATION an uproar, fuss, clamour, noisy altercation, disturbance …1871 Sc.
– NAUSEA trouble; a fuss …1959 Brit. military usage
– NIFF-NAFF fussiness of disposition; a silly peculiarity of temper …1808 Sc.
– ONGO a stir, a fuss, a to-do, a tumult, an uproar …1871 Sc.
– ONGOINGS a stir, fuss, pother, to-do, an uproar; behaviour of an unseemly or obstreperous kind; loose or rowdy conduct …1808 Sc.
– ONTACK a bustle, a fuss, a stir, a to-do; airs and affectations, assumption …1900 Sc.
– ORATION a confused noise or uproar; a clamour, disturbance; a hubbub; a fuss; noisy public talk or rumour …1828 Eng. dial.
– PADDLE †* fuss, ado …1642
– PALAMITY ridiculous or excessive speech; much ado about nothing …1928 Amer. dial.
– PALAVER a fussy manner of behaving; an ostentatious or finical procedure; a great to-do about nothing; applied to action rather than exclusively to speech …1892
– PALAVERIN an ostentatious fuss, an ‘act’ ..1880 Sc.
– PALLALL a to-do, a commotion, a fuss …1965 Sc.
– PALMITY ridiculous or excessive speech; much ado about nothing …1938 Amer. dial.
– PALMITY TALK ridiculous or excessive speech; much ado about nothing …1938 Amer. dial.
– PAM-PAM an argument; a fuss; noisy disorder …1943 W. Indies sl.
– PANJANDRUM official and ceremonial fuss or formality …1883
– PARAFFLE a flourish, ostentatious display, fuss …1816 Sc.
– PARAFLING wordy equivocation, time-wasting evasion; the making of an ostentatious fuss …1825 Sc.
– PAVIE a fuss, bustle, commotion, a great to-do about nothing; a great state of excitement, either from pleasurable anticipation, or rage …1806 Sc.
– PERFORMANCE a fuss …1936 sl.
– PERLAVER fussiness; a fuss …20C
– PERNICKETINESS fussiness, preciseness …1890 Amer. dial. dial.
– QUIRK a fuss; a whim, fancy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– QUOIL † a stir, a tumult, a turmoil, a noisy disturbance; fuss, bustle …1798 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– RAZZLE-DAZZLE noisy or showy fuss or activity …19C sl.
– RAZZMATAZZ noisy or showy fuss or activity …19C sl., chiefly Brit.
– SANG a fuss, clamour, to-do, outcry …1739 Sc.
– SCOURING a rushing about; a fuss, commotion …1958 Sc. 
– SCROINOCH a shrill cry; a yell; a noise, a tumult; a noisy fuss …1790 Sc.
– SHINDIG a row; a commotion, an altercation, a violent quarrel, a tremendous fuss …1961 sl.
– SHINDY a commotion; a ruckus; a row, a disturbance; a fuss …1828 Amer. dial.
– SHITSTORM a very great controversy, uproar, or fuss …sl.
– SKEDADDLE a fuss, an excitement; a disturbance …1990s sl.
– SONG AND DANCE a fuss …1895 sl., orig. US
– STINK a row or fuss; a furore …1819 sl.
– STROTHER haste, bustle, hurry and stir, fuss …Bk1868 Eng. dial.
– TALLY HO confusion, fuss …20C Irish sl.
– TINGLE-TANGLE a disturbance, a to-do, a fuss …1880
– TO-DO a bustle, stir, commotion, a fuss, a great disturbance …1570
– TOUSE a commotion, a disturbance, an ado, a fuss, an outcry; a state of agitation …1836 Amer. dial.
– TOWSE a commotion, a disturbance, an ado, a fuss, an outcry; a state of agitation …1836 Amer. dial.
– TROOSE fuss, noise, stir …Bk1887 Eng. dial.
– VARIORUM † a whim, caprice; a palaver, fuss …1857 Sc.
– WHAT-FOR punishment, trouble, a fuss …L19 sl.
– WHAT-SORT a punishment, trouble, a fuss …L19 sl.
– WHOOP-DE-DO a fuss …1929 US sl.
– WHOOP-DE-DOO a fuss …1929 US sl.
fuss, fussy – person
– BAG OF RATIONS a fussy or over-enthusiastic person, particularly if he was of superior rank; used contemptuously …World War I Eng. sl. 
– BETTYFUSS a fussbudget …1967 Amer. dial.
– BIDDY an old woman, generally irritating or interfering; a fussy, mean, or quarrelsome old woman; usually as ‘old biddy’ …1833 sl.
– CLATTERER a person who is too particular or fussy, esp. a woman …1967 Amer dial.
– DINK a particular or fussy person …1966 Amer. dial.
– FAD one who is difficult to please in trifles; a fussy, over-particular person; a fastidious person …Bk1877 Eng. dial. 
– FADDLE a fussy, over-particular person; one full of whims and fancies …19C Eng. dial.
– FIDGET one who fusses or worries a lot, esp. about trifles …1837 Amer. dial.
– FLITTERBUDGET a fussy or fretful person …1965 Amer. dial.
– FLUBDUB a fussy person; a fuddy-duddy …1979 Amer. dial.
– FLUTTERBUDGET a fussy or fretful person …1965 Amer. dial.
– FOGRAM an antiquated or old-fashioned person; a fussy old fellow …1775
– FOGRUM a fussy old man …L18 sl.
– FRIG PIG a fussy, trifling person …L18 sl.
– FUDDYDUD a fussy person …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– FUDDYDUDDY a fussy person …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– FUSS a person who is continually making a fuss …M19 colloq.
– FUSSABUDGET a fussy or fretful person …1965 Amer. dial.
– FUSS-BOX a person who fusses …1901
– FUSSBUDGET a fussy, fidgety, nervous, or meddlesome person …1904 colloq.
– FUSSBUG who is too particular or fussy …1965 Amer. dial.
– FUSS-BUTT a too particular or fussy man …1967 Amer. dial.
– FUSS-CAT one who fusses a lot …1965 Amer. dial.
– FUSS-FART a fussy, fidgety, nervous or meddlesome person …1918 US sl.
– FUSS-POT a fussy, fidgety, nervous or meddlesome person …1921 colloq.
– FUSSOCK a person who makes much fuss …19C sl.
– FUSSYBUDGET a fussy or fretful person …1965 Amer. dial.
– FUSSYBUG a person who is too particular or fussy …1965 Amer. dial.
– GOOBERHEAD someone who fusses or worries a lot, esp. about trivial things …1970 Amer. dial.
– GRANDMOTHER a man who is too particular or fussy …1969 Amer. dial.
– GRANNY a fussy, finicky old person of either sex …1842 Amer. dial.
– GRANNY GRUNT a fussy or querulous person …1968 Amer. dial.
– GROUCH-BOX someone who fusses …1965 Amer. dial.
– HAIVER a fussy, indecisive person; an idler who makes a pretense of work; a lazy, idle fellow …1866 Sc.
– HANNAH a fussy older woman, esp. if unmarried; an old maid …Bk1988 Prince Edward Island
– HEN a fussy old woman, or a woman who likes to gossip; a termagant; a shrew …1924 Amer. sl. 
– HENNY a person who is very particular or fussy; one who worries a lot about little things; a person who is always finding fault about unimportant things …1950 Amer. dial.
– KNICK-KNACKER a fussy, officious person …1960s US sl.
– MALLIFUFF an ineffectual, fussy woman who lacks energy to get things done …1808 Sc.
– MANMANPOUL a person who fusses excessively …20C W. Indies sl.
– MAULIFUFF a woman without energy; one who makes much fuss and accomplishes very little; generally used of a young woman …1808 Sc.
– MAULY a woman without energy; one who makes much fuss and accomplishes very little; generally used of a young woman …Bk1905 Sc.
– NELLY (derogatory) an effeminate or homosexual man; generally, a silly, ineffectual, or fussy person; a sissy …1931 colloq.
– OLD BIDDY an elderly, gossipy, or dissolute woman; a fussy, mean or quarrelsome old woman …1938 colloq.
– OLD FUSS-BOX someone who fusses …1965 Amer. dial.
– OLD FUSS-CAT a particular or fussy woman …1965 Amer. dial.
– OLD GRAMMAW a man who is too particular or fussy …1969 Amer. dial.
– OLD GRANDPA a man who is too particular or fussy …1965 Amer. dial.
– OLD PALAVER a fussy, ostentatious person …19C Sc.
– OLD WOMAN a fussy, silly person of any sex or age …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– PALAVER a wearisome talker; a person of silly, fussy and ostentatious manners …1866 Sc.
– PENNY-FEIST one who makes much noise or fuss that amounts to little …1975 Amer. dial.
– QUEERY one who is strange or odd; a person who is too particular or fussy …1968 Amer. dial.
– QUIDDLE a fussy, over-particular, or fastidious person; one hard to satisfy in trifling matters of diet, etc.; one who wastes his energy about trifles …1856 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– QUIDDLER one who fusses over small matters, or spends time in trifling niceties …1835 Amer. dial.
– SPUTTERBRIDGET someone who is too particular; a finicky, fussy, or fretful person …1915 Amer. dial.
– SPUTTER-BUDGET a person who makes undue fuss about nothing; a fuss-budget …1915 Amer. dial.
– STEWPOT a person who fusses or worries a lot …1965 Amer. dial.
– WORRY-BOX someone who fusses …1965 Amer. dial.
– WORRY-CAT one who fusses a lot …1965 Amer. dial.
– WORRY-POT a person who fusses or worries a lot …1965 Amer. dial.
fuss, fussy – verbs
– ACT THE WET DOG to make a fuss, to complain …L19 US sl.
– ACT UP to make a fuss in order to attract attention to oneself; to misbehave badly or improperly, esp. to impress …1903 sl.
– BATHER to struggle; to go hither and thither in search of anything; to fuss about …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BETTY ABOUT to fuss about, like a man who busies himself with a woman’s duties …1851 colloq.
– BREAK A FLY ON A WHEEL to make much fuss about very little …B1859 colloq.
– BRIGGLE to fuss about ineffectively; to busy oneself without purpose; to potter …1889 Amer. dial.
– BUNG ON A BLUE to make a fuss, to create a disturbance …1950s Aust. sl.
– BUST ONE’S CHOPS to make a great fuss about something …1950s US sl.
– CADDLE to loaf, to loiter, to potter about, to fuss, to trifle …1892 Eng. dial.
– CARRY ON to behave in a conspicuous way; to make a fuss …1828 UK sl.
– COOSTER to idle, to potter around, to fuss …1895 Amer. dial.
– CRUSH A FLY ON A WHEEL to make much fuss about very little …B1859 colloq.
– CUT UP SHINNY to make a fuss or disturbance …1952 Amer. dial.
– FAFF ABOUT to mess about; to waste time on matters of no importance; to be indecisive or fussy …1874 UK sl.
– FANNY ABOUT to be indecisive or fussy; to waste time; to act aimlessly …1970s sl.
– FARRACH to fuss, to fiddle about …1941 Sc.
– FIE-FIE to make a fuss; to upbraid …L19 sl.
– FOSSLE to bustle; to fuss …1892 Eng. dial.
– FRIBBLE in early use, to act aimlessly or feebly, to busy oneself to no purpose; to fuss about; later, contemptuously  (except dialect), to behave frivolously, to trifle …1640
– FUB AROUND to fuss, to bother …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– FUSSIFY to make a fuss; to go about fussily …1868
– FUSSOCK with about: to make a fuss, to bustle about quickly; to fidget, to irritate …1892 Eng. dial.
– FUSTLE to make a fuss …1891 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HAIVER to make a fuss about nothing, to make a pretense of being busy; to dawdle, to potter about; to saunter, to lounge …1866 Sc.
– HATTER to fret, to make a fuss …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– HAVER to make a fuss about nothing, to make a pretense of being busy; to be lazy at work; to dawdle, to potter about; to saunter, to lounge …1866 Sc.
– HAWK to hesitate, to hum and haw; to make much ado before doing anything …Bk1902 Sc.
– KICK UP A SHINDY to make a fuss or disturbance; to quarrel …1899 Amer. dial.
– KICK UP A STINK to object loudly or publicly to something; to make a fuss or scene …1948 sl.
– KICK UP BOBSY-DIE to make a fuss …1952 NZ sl.
– MAKE A MEAL OUT OF to make a great deal of fuss about; to go into over-elaborate descriptions, esp. of something distasteful …1950s sl.
– MAKE A MOUTHFUL OF to make a great deal of fuss about; to go into over-elaborate descriptions, esp. of something distasteful …1950s sl.
– MAKE A SONG AND DANCE (ABOUT) to make a fuss …L19 sl.
– MAKE A TETHER OF ONLY A HAIR to make much of a small matter …1727 Sc.
– MAKE RAB to make a fuss; to complain …1950s W. Indies
– MAKE WORK to make a fuss or to-do; to be angry …1816 Sc.
– NIGGLE to do something in a finicky, fussy, or time-wasting manner …1893 UK colloq.
– NIGNAY to trifle, to fuss about, to work without result; to hum and haw, to be undecided, to vacillate; to do what is useless; to show reluctance …1880 Sc.
– PESTLE AROUND to putter around; to fuss about …1937 Amer. dial.
– PIDDLE ABOUT to make an ado about nothing much …20C
– PITCH A BITCH to make great objections or a big fuss about something …1965 Amer. dial.
– PITCH A DUCK-FIT to make great objections or a big fuss about something …1965 Amer. dial.
– PITCH A FIT to make great objections or a big fuss about something; to rave in anger, to become much excited …1965 Amer. dial.
– PITCH A HISSY-FIT to make great objections or a big fuss about something …1965 Amer. dial.
– POP OFF to make a fuss about …19C sl.
– POP OFF AT THE MOUTH to make a fuss about …19C sl.
– PUT ON THE FIE-FIE to make a fuss; to upbraid …L19 sl.
– QUIDDLE to trifle, to waste time; to be anxious about trifles; to fuss about, to fidget …1832 now chiefly Eng. & Amer. dial.
– RAISE A KITE to grumble, to make a fuss …1940s W. Indies sl.
– RAISE ALL BILLY HELL to make a big fuss …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAISE A STINK to object loudly or publicly to something; to make a fuss or scene …1948 sl.
– RAISE BLAZES to cause a good deal of trouble deliberately; to make a fuss …M19 sl., orig. US
– RAISE CAIN to make a determined or angry fuss 
– RAISE HADES to cause a good deal of trouble deliberately; to make a fuss …M19 sl., orig. US
– RAISE HECK to cause a good deal of trouble deliberately; to make a fuss …M19 sl., orig. US
– RAISE HELL to cause a good deal of trouble deliberately; to make a fuss …1849 Amer. sl.
– RAISE SHIT to cause trouble, to make a fuss …1990s US sl.
– STACK ON AN ACT to kick up a fuss …1962 Aust. sl.
– STACK ON A TURN to kick up a fuss …1971 Aust. sl.
– TAKE ON to rage, to rave; to be greatly agitated; to make a great fuss, outcry, or uproar; to distress oneself greatly …c1430 colloq. & Eng. dial.
– TEAR UP SHINNY to make a fuss or disturbance …1952 Amer. dial.
– TEW to fuss, to fret; to bustle about; to move about quickly  …1848 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– TEW AROUND to fuss, to fret; to bustle …1848 Amer. dial.
– THROW A SHOE to lose one’s temper; to become over-excited; to make a big fuss …1967 Amer. dial.
– THRUM to repeat, to discuss, to tell over again; to make a fuss about …1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TIDDLE † to potter; to trifle; to fidget, to fuss …1747 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
– TITTLE † to potter; to trifle; to fidget, to fuss …17C obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
– TOO to fuss, to fret; to bustle …1848 Amer. dial.
– TOP TALL TIMBER to make a commotion, to ‘blow one’s top’; to make great objections or a big fuss about something …1965 Amer. dial.
– TOP THE TREES to make a commotion, to ‘blow one’s top’; to make great objections or a big fuss about something …1965 Amer. dial.
– TOP TIMBER to make a commotion, to ‘blow one’s top’; to make great objections or a big fuss about something …1965 Amer. dial.
– TOUSE to make a fuss …1854 Amer. dial.
– TU to fuss, to fret; to bustle …1848 Amer. dial.
– TU AROUND to fuss, to fret; to bustle …1848 Amer. dial.
– VUSTLE to bustle; to fuss …1892 Eng. dial.
– WHITTLE to fuss; to get uneasy; also, to pester, to tease …1834 Amer. dial.
fuss, fussy – phrases
– DON’T MAKE A MEAL OF don’t make a fuss about …1950s sl.
– WHAT A PALAVER what a fuss …20C
– WHAT DOG IS A HANGING? † what’s the fuss? what’s the matter? …a1663
– WHOSE DOG IS DEAD? * what’s the fuss? what’s the matter? …a1640
 
 FUSSING – adjectives
– CANKEROUS worried, fussing, esp. about little things …1969 Amer. dial.
– QUIDDLING fussing, trifling, mincing …1841 Amer. dial.
 
FUSTY – adjectives
– KINEY fusty, tainted …Bk1901 Eng. dial.
fusty – verbs
– FUSTICATE to make fusty or musty; to stay in a close stuffy atmosphere …1839
 
FUTILE – adjectives
– ADDLE empty, idle, vain, useless, futile …a1593
– FECKLESS of things: ineffective, feeble, futile, valueless, worthless …1599 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– FOOTY insignificant, worthless, despicable, futile …18C sl.
– FUTILITARIAN devoted to futile, worthless or useless pursuits …1873
– FUTILITOUS †* futile …1765
– FUTILOUS † futile, worthless, trifling …1607
– NUGACIOUS * trivial, trifling, futile; of no moment or importance …1652
– SHITTY tedious, futile …1920s US sl.
– TOOM † useless, vain, futile …a1250
– VAIN † of persons: devoid of sense or wisdom; foolish, silly, thoughtless; of an idle or futile nature or disposition …1390 rare or obs.
futile – nouns 
– THREE BLUE BEANS IN A BLUE BLADDER futile, pointless (if noisy) talk …L16 sl.
– THREE BLUE BEANS IN ONE BLUE BLADDER futile, pointless (if noisy) talk …L16 sl.
futile – person
– FUTILITARIAN one who pursues what is futile, worthless or useless …1827
futile – verbs 
– BEAT THE AIR to fight to no purpose or against no opposition; to make futile attempts …c1375
– BEAT THE WATER † to fight to no purpose or against no opposition; to make futile attempts …1579
– BEAT THE WIND to fight to no purpose or against no opposition; to make futile attempts …1815
– FLOG A DEAD HORSE to expend effort ineffectually or futilely …1872
– FUTILIZE * to make futile …1766
– PISS AGAINST THE WIND to act ineffectually; to waste one’s time; to attempt something futile …1642 sl.
– PISS-BALL ABOUT to act in a futile or an irritating manner …c1920 sl.
– PISS IN THE WIND to behave ineffectually; to waste one’s time, to attempt something futile …1970 sl.
– POUND SAND DOWN A RAT-HOLE to occupy oneself at a futile or useless task …1958 Amer. dial.
 
FUTURE – adjectives
– FORE-HANDED provided for the future …Bk1905 Amer. dial.
– FUTURABLE † that may happen in the future …1655
– FUTURITIAL † pertaining to future times or events; relating to what is to come …1846
– SUCCEEDING † coming, to come, future …1676
– TO-COMING † future …1556
future – adverbs
– FUTURELY † in future, at a future time …1611
future – nouns
– BOOK OF FATE the future as being predetermined
– FRONT TRAIL the future …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FUTURALITY † futurity; the future of a person …1666
– FUTURITION 1. the fact or quality of being future …1666
2. a future event or existence …1668
– FUTURITY 1. future time; the future …a1616
2. * the fact or quality of being future …1637
– LONG DAY a time far distant in the past or future ..1889 Amer. dial.
– NEVER-NEVER COUNTRY the future life; heaven …1888 Aust. sl.
– ODD-COME-SHORTLY some day or other in the near future …1738
– ONSIGHT * the act or faculty of looking onward or forward into the future …1849-51
– PRESCIENCE foreknowledge, the knowledge of future events …c1395
– REMAINING STATE a future state …1815 Sc.
– STRAW IN THE WIND a small but significant indicator of the (future) course of events 
– SWEET BY-AND-BY the future …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TO-BE the future
– UMPTEENHUNDRED a point in the yet-to-be-determined indefinite future …1988 sl.
future – person
– DEAD-END KID a youth with no future, usually a male …Bk2006 US sl.
– FUTURIST one who has regard to or studies the future; a believer in human progress …1846
– MOD one who discards the conventional past and looks in the future …1968 Aust. sl.
future – verbs
– FARSEE to foretell the future …1944 Amer. dial.
– FUTURIZE * to form the future tense; to express the idea of futurity …1859
future – phrases 
– IN THE OFFING in the projected future; likely to happen
 
FUZZY – adjectives
– FURZY fuzzy, fluffy …1720
– TAZZY fuzzy, tangled, knotted …B1900 Eng. dial.
– TUZZY-MUZZY dishevelled, ragged, untidy; fuzzy …1847 Eng. dial.