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busy beavers

busy beavers is the plural of busy beaver.

Meaning of busy beaver

Noun

busy beaver (plural busy beavers)

  1. (informal) Someone who is very busy or hard-working.
    • Wow! Laundry, dishes, and errands, all in one day? You've been a busy beaver.
    Synonyms:
    busy bee
  2. A Turing machine that attains the maximum number of steps performed, or number of non-blank symbols finally on the tape, among all Turing machines in a certain class.

Questions about busy beavers

What is busy beavers the plural of?
Busy beavers is the plural of busy beaver.

Words near busy beavers in the dictionary

  1. busy as a one-armed paper hanger
  2. busy as a one-armed paperhanger
  3. busy beaver
  4. busy beaver function
  5. busy beaver functions
  6. busy beavers
  7. busy bee
  8. busy bees
  9. busy belt
  10. busy board
  11. busy boards

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