■ verb
1》 [with negative ] take the trouble to do something: he didn't ~ to ask why.
2》 worry, disturb, or upset (someone).
↘[usu. with negative ] feel concern about or interest in.
■ noun trouble; fuss.
↘a cause of trouble or fuss.
■ exclamation chiefly Brit. used to express mild irritation.
Origin
C17 (as a noun in the dialect sense 'noise, chatter'): of Anglo-Ir. origin; prob. related to Ir. bodhaire 'noise', bodhraim 'deafen, annoy'.