abuzz
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
a- (“in such a manner”) + buzz (“to drone”)[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
abuzz (comparative more abuzz, superlative most abuzz)
- In a buzz; buzzing
- 2005, Cory Doctorow, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town:
- he remembered boyhood summers on the mountain's slopes abuzz with blackflies and syrupy heat.
- 2005, Cory Doctorow, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town:
- (postpositive) Characterized by excessive gossip or activity.
- 1902, Francis Lynde, The Master of Appleby:
- Now what a-devil has set this hornet's nest of theirs abuzz so suddenly?
- 1914, Peter B. Kyne, The Long Chance:
- The town was abuzz with excitement for an hour, when the news became stale.
- 1902, Francis Lynde, The Master of Appleby:
References[edit]
- ^ 1976 [1909], Gove, Philip Babcock editor, Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., ISBN 0-87779-101-5, page 8:
