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Abuzz

Abuzz \A*buzz"\, a. [Pref. a- + buzz.] In a buzz; buzzing. [Colloq.]
--Dickens.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
abuzz

1859, from a- (1) + buzz (n.). First recorded in Dickens.

Wiktionary
abuzz

a. 1 In a buzz; buzzing 2 (context postpositive English) Characterized by excessive gossip or activity.

WordNet
abuzz

adj. noisy like the sound of a bee; "the room was abuzz over the latest scandal" [syn: buzzing, droning]

Usage examples of "abuzz".

Lord knew she ached to, with her insides abuzz and his warmth running up her side.

The evening light was abuzz with energy, the sky swarming up into her eyes.

There was no reason why the Hotchkiss cottage should be so abuzz with activity, no reason whatsoever.

The room was abuzz with lesser courtiers trying to take their first step on the long and slippery ladder to preferment and office.

The Pleiades were all abuzz over the advent of their visiting star, Miss Frances Homer, the celebrated monologuist, who, at Eaton Auditorium, again presented her Women of Destiny series, in which she portrays women of history and the influence they brought to bear upon the lives of such momentous world figures as Napoleon, Ferdinand of Spain, Horatio Nelson and Shakespeare.

The Internet and the news services were abuzz with speculation, and a few editorials were suggesting that maybe the Probability Assessment Unit had completed its job and needed to be scaled back.

The court was abuzz with gossip, wondering how much the foreign king was offering for his son, and if Glyn would take it.

The Agency remained mysterious even in action, which kept the media mavens abuzz but information-starved.

In a vireo, a virtual reality video, it might have been some vast room or hive, swarming with busy technicians, black-clad warriors abuzz with frantic purpose.

Vas Deferens stepped through the main door to his government suite, the offices of the Ministry of Defense were abuzz with activity.

The main streets were abuzz with electrotaxis, headlights ajar from the potholes.

The large ornate building before him, abuzz with activity on the ground and in the air, was nothing less than the Human government seat for the Camos Cluster.

The roomful of bluegrass citizens, abuzz with rumors of the impending arrests, quickly quieted to give him what he knew would be his last Kentucky hearing for a long time.

She's said to have walked until cockcrow and spoken to many persons, and the whole town's abuzz over it.

The station news service and the trendy coffee shops were abuzz with official reports and delicious unofficial rumor.