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working alive

working alive adjective: teeming or swarming.

Adjective

working alive (not comparable)

  1. (Appalachia, slang) Teeming or swarming.
    • The store was working alive with impatient customers.

Questions about working alive

What does working alive mean?
Working alive means teeming or swarming.
What part of speech is working alive?
Working alive is an adjective.

Words near working alive in the dictionary

  1. workier
  2. workies
  3. workiest
  4. workin'
  5. working
  6. working alive
  7. working animal
  8. working animals
  9. working around
  10. working at
  11. working away

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