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Webster 1913 Edition
Abuzz
A-buzz′
,Adj.
[Pref.
a-
+ buzz
.] In a buzz; buzzing.
[Colloq.]
Dickens.
Definition 2024
abuzz
abuzz
English
Adjective
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.
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- (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.
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References
- ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 8