fusser

noun

Definition of fussernext
1
as in complainer
a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things sat next to an insufferable fusser, who whined during the entire bus trip

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2
as in crab
an irritable and complaining person a natural fusser who has never had a glimmer of gratitude for anything done for him

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  1. crab
  2. baby
  3. bear
  4. fussbudget
  5. crank
Noun
  • Waiters come out dancing with magnums of Champagne and the crab tempura is great.
    Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Variations include banh canh cua, which is often a thick soup with lumps of crab, and banh canh cha ca, a thinner broth with fish cakes that’s popular in south central Vietnam.
    Christina Liao, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of crab
Noun
  • Popular baby product brand Nuna issued a voluntary recall on a number of its RAVA car seat models due to a safety harness defect.
    DeVonne Goode, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Those who would feel the deepest losses are not the Congress members who will retain their pay during the shutdown, but members of the military who would serve without pay, numerous federal workers who would be furloughed, people that rely on WIC benefits to keep their babies fed and so many more.
    Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of baby
Noun
  • But with the deepest part of winter upon us, not all bears are hibernating.
    Damon Arthur, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
  • It's been nearly three decades since anyone has seen a grizzly anywhere near North Cascades National Park, located northeast of Seattle, KUOW reports, even though the bears used to dominate the area.
    Natalie Escobar, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of bear
Noun
  • But Schulz soon began fleshing out his cast with more eccentric, more specific, more driven characters: Schroeder, piano prodigy and Beethoven superfan; Lucy, vain fussbudget and perpetually aggrieved scold; Linus, thumb-sucking philosopher.
    Bruce Handy, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2019
  • The progressive mayor of New York wanted a mega financial institution to anchor his preferred business district, and no preservationist fussbudgets were going to get in the way.
    Justin Davidson, Daily Intelligencer, 22 Feb. 2018
Definition of fussbudget
Noun
  • Salah’s comments over the last week cranks up the pressure on Liverpool’s owners, the Fenway Sports Group (FSG) who also own the Boston Red Sox, to give these three superstars huge new contracts.
    Joe Prince-Wright, NBC Sports, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, the villainous Oogie Boogie cranks up the creep factor, making for an especially sinister Christmas movie.
    Janey Tracey, EW.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of crank
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