ado

The definition of ado refers to a flurry of activity.

(noun)

When everyone gets all excited and begins making avid preparations before a long list friend comes home, all their fuss and commotion is an example of ado.

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See ado in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

fuss; trouble; excitement

Origin: ME ado < northern Eng dial. inf. at do, to do

See ado in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Bustle; fuss; trouble; bother.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from the phrase at do

Origin: : at, to (used with infinitive) (from Old Norse at; see ad- in Indo-European roots)

Origin: + do, do; see do 1

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