Reverse Dictionary: FUSS

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 → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CANKEROUS worried, fussing, esp. about little things → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CHOICEY ► CHOICY choosy, particular, fussy → 1909 Amer. dial.
► CHUFFY fussy; proud, conceited, haughty; pleased, elated → 1874 Eng. dial.
► CRANKY overly fastidious, fussy, particular → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CRAZY CLEAN too particular or fussy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DAINSHACH fastidious, particular; fussy about food → 1920 Sc.
► FASHIOUS ► FASHOUS fractious, peevish, fretting, esp. of children; fussy, fastidious → 1736 Sc.
► FEMMY of a man: too particular or fussy; womanish → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FESS over-zealous, officious, meddlesome; fussy → 1863 Eng. dial.
► FIDFAD frivolous, fussy, petty → 1830
► 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 → 19C 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 ► 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 → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PERJINK fussy, fastidious, prim; neat → 1889 Sc.
► PERJINKETY exact, precise, minutely accurate; extreme as to neatness, fussy, finical → 1887 Sc.
► PERNICKETTY ► PERNICKETY ► PERNICKITY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable → 1834 Amer. dial.
► PERSNICKERTY ► PERSNICKETY fussy, finicky, particular, meticulous, precise; crotchety, cranky; disagreeable, obstinate → 1956 Amer. dial.
► PICKETY fussy, particular, fault-finding, hypercritical → 1966 Amer. dial.
► PRISSY-RISSY overly particular, fussy → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PUSSIVANTING fussing, intruding, or causing a disturbance; interfering, meddling → 1880 Eng. dial.
► QUIDDLING fussing, trifling, mincing → 1841 Amer. dial.
► QUINTY like an old maid; fussy, fastidious → 1916 Amer. dial.
► SNEAKY fussy or finicky about eating → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SPINORTY ► SPONORTY fancy, fussy, dressy, stylish → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TICKY finicky, fussy, too particular; touchy, easily offended → 1894 Amer. dial.
► TITTY TODDY vacillating, undecided; silly, fussy, crotchety → 1875 Eng. dial.

ADVERBS
► PERJINKLY precisely, scrupulously; fussily, primly → 1775 Sc.

NOUNS
► 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 → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BEVISH unnecessary fuss or show; uncalled-for energy → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BIG STINK an extensive fuss; a scandal → 1812 US sl.
► BILLIBUE a hullabaloo; a commotion, fuss, disturbance → 1911 Sc.  (Bk.)
► BLARE a fuss, a to-do, a disturbance → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BOBBERIE ► 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 → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BROUHAHA a fuss → 1890 sl.
► BUG-A-BOO undue fuss → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BULL-SQUITTER much fuss or talk about a trifle → 19C Eng. dial.
► BUSYTY the state of being busy; officiousness; fussiness → c1511 obs.
​► CADDLE worry, trouble, bother, dispute, fuss → 1856 Eng. dial.
► CADDLEMENT fuss, confusion; gossip, chatter → 1889 Eng. dial.
► CARFUFFLE fuss, excitement, agitation, disorder → 1816 Sc.
► CARRY-ON a fuss; an uproar; an outbreak of excited behaviour → 1890 UK sl.
► CAT-HARROWS fuss, worry; a quarrelsome state → 1721 Sc.
► CATOUSE ► TOUSE an uproar, a fuss, a rumpus → 1850 Amer. dial.
► 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. obs.
► 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 obs.
► FANTEAGUE ► 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. obs.
► FASHERIE trouble, annoyance; fuss, unnecessary ceremony; any unnecessary ornamentation, trimming, etc. → 1727 Sc.
► FIGURANDYING the making a ridiculous figure, playing antics, making a fuss → 1892 Ireland
► FIKE bustle, fuss, fidgeting; a stir, a disturbance → 1787 Sc.
► FIKERY fussiness, worry about trouble → 1823 Sc.
► FINAGLE a big fuss over a small matter → 1939 Amer. dial.
► FISH-FASH troublesome business, fuss, bother → 1875 Eng. dial.
► FLAPDOODLE an uproar, a fuss → 1980 Amer. dial.
► FLUTTER ostentatious display, fuss, sensation, show, stir → 1667 obs.
► FOOSTER hurry, flurry, fluster, great fuss → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► 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 a making a fuss → 1834
► FUSTLE a fuss or bustle → 1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GALLOWS-ROW a great fuss or outcry → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GOSS a fuss or perplexity → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► 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 ► HAIVERS ► HAVERS hesitation accompanied with a great fuss; a person who hesitates → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► 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.
► HECKETT a fuss → 1867 Eng. dial.
► HERRIDGE a disturbance; a bustle, fuss → 1867 Eng. dial.
► HOO-HA ► HOO-HAH a fuss → 1931 sl.
► HOOP-A-DOOP raucous confusion; noisy celebration; jolly fuss → 1929 sl.
► HOOP-DE-DOO ► HOOPTY-DOO raucous confusion; noisy celebration; jolly fuss → 1929 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 ► 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.
► MOIDER a fuss, a bother → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MUSSING confusion, trouble; a fuss → 1846 colloq., chiefly US
► 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.
► ODOR a scandal, a fuss → 1960 US sl.
► ON-GO a fuss, a to-do → 1870 obs.
► 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 obs.
► 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 ► 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.
► PERJINKS niceties; fussiness → 1822 obs.
► PERLAVER fussiness; a fuss → 20C
► PERNICKETINESS fussiness, preciseness → 1890 Amer. dial. dial.
► PIECE OF WORK a commotion, a fuss, disorderly bustle → 1810 colloq.
► PUSSIVANTING a fussing, meddling; also, ineffectual activity; pointless bustle → 1888 Eng. dial.
► QUIRK a fuss; a whim, fancy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► 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
► SPLURGE a noisy fuss → 1834 Amer.
► SPUDDER fuss, disturbance, bother → 1650
► STINK an extensive fuss; a furore → 1812 US sl.
► STORM IN A TEACUP a great fuss about nothing very much → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► STROTHER haste, bustle, hurry and stir, fuss → 1868 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► 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 ► TOWSE a commotion, a disturbance, an ado, a fuss, an outcry; a state of agitation → 1836 Amer. dial.
► TROOSE fuss, noise, stir → 1887 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VARIORUM a whim, caprice; a palaver, fuss → 1857 Sc. obs.
► WHAT-FOR punishment, trouble, a fuss → L19 sl.
► WHAT-SORT a punishment, trouble, a fuss → L19 sl.
► WHOOP-DE-DO ► WHOOP-DE-DOO raucous confusion; noisy celebration; jolly fuss → 1929 sl.
► WHOOP-DE-DOODLE raucous confusion; noisy celebration; jolly fuss → 1929 sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ANAL RETENT an excessively finicky or fussy person → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► 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 → 1877 Eng. dial.  (Bk.)
► FADDLE a fussy, over-particular person; one full of whims and fancies → 19C Eng. dial.
► FIDFAD  one who gives fussy attention to trifles; one who is over-nice and particular; a fastidious person → 1754
► FIDGET one who fusses or worries a lot, esp. about trifles → 1837 Amer. dial.
► FLITTERBUDGET ► FLUTTERBUDGET a fussy or fretful person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► FLUBDUB a fussy person; a fuddy-duddy → 1979 Amer. dial.
► FOGRAM ► FOGRUM an antiquated or old-fashioned person; a fussy old fellow → 1775
► FRIG PIG a fussy, trifling person → L18 sl.
► FUDDYDUD a fussy person → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► FUDDY-DUDDY a fussy person; an old-fashioned person; an ineffectual old fogy → 1904 sl.
► FUSS a person who is continually making a fuss → 1875 colloq.
► FUSSABUDGET a fussy or fretful person → 1965 Amer. dial.
► FUSS-BOX a person who fusses → 1901
► FUSS-BUDGET a nervous, fidgety person; a person who is continually making a fuss → 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.
► FUSSOCK a person who makes much fuss → 19C sl.
► FUSSPOT a person who is continually making a fuss → 1921 colloq.
► 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 → 1988 Prince Edward Island (Bk.)
► 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 ► MAULIFUFF an ineffectual, fussy woman who lacks energy to get things done → 1808 Sc.
► MANMANPOUL a person who fusses excessively → 20C W. Indies sl.
► MAULY a woman without energy; one who makes much fuss and accomplishes very little; generally used of a young woman → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► NELLY an effeminate or homosexual man; generally, a silly, ineffectual, or fussy person; a sissy → 1931 colloq., derogatory
► OLD BIDDY an elderly, gossipy, or dissolute woman; a fussy, mean or quarrelsome old woman → 1938 colloq.
► OLD FUDDY DUD a very fussy or finicky person → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► 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 or complaining person → 1908 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.
► QUINT a fussy old maid → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SPUTTERBRIDGET someone who is too particular; a finicky, fussy, or fretful person → 1915 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SPUTTER-BUDGET a person who makes undue fuss about nothing; a fuss-budget → 1915 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► STEWPOT a person who fusses or worries a lot → 1965 Amer. dial.
► TWANG a fuddy-duddy; a fussy, old-fashioned person → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► 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.

PHRASES
► CHIRRUPING LIKE A THREE-BADGE BUDGIE fussing around to no useful purpose (in the Wrens, the three badges = Long Service and Good Conduct stripes) → 1950s Wrens usage
► DON’T MAKE A MEAL OF don’t make a fuss about → 1950s sl.
► GREAT CRY AND LITTLE WOOL much noise or fuss with small results; much ado about nothing → 1579
► MUCH CRY AND LITTLE WOOL much noise or fuss with small results; much ado about nothing → c1460
► SHE’LL BE RIGHT used to reject offers of assistance; don’t worry, don’t fuss, everything will be fine in the end → 1945 Aust. sl.
► SHE’S RIGHT used to reject offers of assistance; don’t worry, don’t fuss, everything will be fine in the end → 1938 Aust. sl.
► WHAT A PALAVER what a fuss → 20C
► WHAT DOG IS A HANGING? what’s the fuss? what’s the matter? → a1663 obs.
► WHOSE DOG IS DEAD? what’s the fuss? what’s the matter? → a1640

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 → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BETTY ABOUT to fuss about, like a man who busies himself with a woman’s duties → 1851 colloq.
► BIZZ to buzz; to fuss about or move with a disturbing noise → 1844 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BREAK A FLY ON A WHEEL to make much fuss about very little → 1859 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.
► CREATE to make an angry scene; to make a fuss, to grumble, to complain; also, to shout → 1919 colloq.
► CRUSH A FLY ON A WHEEL to make much fuss about very little → 1859 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.
► FERSELL ► FERSHELL ► FIRSLE to bustle, to fuss about, to rustle → 1893 Sc.
► FID-FAD to waste time; to fuss, to trifle, to potter about → 1886 Eng. dial.
► FIE-FIE to make a fuss; to upbraid → L19 sl.
► FIKE to be fussy or restless; to vex oneself; to busy oneself about trifles; to trifle, to dally → 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FLOG THE CAT to make a fuss or commotion → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► 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 ► FUB AROUND to putter or fuss about doing unworthwhile things → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► 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.
► FUTY to fuss; to grumble → 1940s US sl.
► HAIVER ► HAVER 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 → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAVE A DOG FIT to make a big fuss about something, to make great objections → 1967 Amer. dial.
► HAWK to hesitate, to hum and haw; to make much ado before doing anything → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► 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 CATOUSE ► MAKE A TOUSE to make a great fuss or uproar → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► MAKE A FIKE to make a fuss, to pay much attention → 1794 Sc.
► 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.
► MOIDER to make a fuss or commotion → 1895 Eng. dial.
► 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.
► PERFORM to make a considerable fuss → 20C colloq.
► 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.
► PUSSIVANT to meddle or fuss; to bustle around in an ineffectual way → 1882 Eng. dial.
► 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 HIGHTANTRABOGUS to make a big fuss or great disturbance; to raise hell → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RAISE SHIT to cause trouble, to make a fuss → 1990s US sl.
► SPLURGE to make a fuss → 1848 Amer.
► SPUFFLE to fuss, to bustle; to be in a flurry or in breathless haste → a1825 Eng. dial.
► 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 ► TEW AROUND to fuss, to fret; to bustle about; to move about quickly  → 1848 Eng. & 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 ► TOP 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.
► TOUSE to make a fuss → 1854 Amer. dial.
► TU ► TU AROUND to fuss, to fret; to bustle → 1848 Amer. dial.
► VUSTLE to bustle; to fuss → 1892 Eng. dial.
► WHIP THE CAT to make a fuss or commotion → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► WHITTLE to fuss; to get uneasy; also, to pester, to tease → 1834 Amer. dial.