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.
See ado in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME ado < northern Eng dial. inf. at do, to do
See ado in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
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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