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a-buzz

a-buzz is the alternative form of abuzz.

Meaning of abuzz

Adjective

abuzz (comparative more abuzz, superlative most abuzz)

  1. (postpositional) Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz (“feeling or rush of energy or excitement”), buzzing.
    • The court was all astir and a-buzz, when the black sheep—whom many fell away from in dread—pressed him into an obscure corner among the crowd.1859, Charles Dickens, “The Game Made”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book III (The Track of a Storm), page 212

Forms of a-buzz

comparativemore a-buzz
superlativemost a-buzz

Questions about a-buzz

What is a-buzz the alternative form of?
A-buzz is the alternative form of abuzz.

Words near a-buzz in the dictionary

  1. A-bombers
  2. A-bombing
  3. A-bombs
  4. a-building
  5. a-burton
  6. a-buzz
  7. a-c
  8. a-cappella
  9. a-cappellas
  10. A-CDM
  11. a-changing

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