abuzz
[uh-buhz]
- buzzing.
- full of or alive with activity, talk, etc.: The company was abuzz with rumors about the new owner.
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Origin of abuzz
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Contemporary Examples
Romneyland is abuzz over the new super PAC—and not in a good way.
Now, the whole of Westeros is abuzz about the secret killer.
Life After TV Death: How Shows Like ‘Game of Thrones’ Kill Your Favorite CharactersPhillip Maciak
April 15, 2014
Insiders and outliers and nearly everyone else is abuzz: Can Fallon handle the job?
Right now cable newsdom is all abuzz with Christie—but how long will that wall-to-wall coverage last?
Premiums are skyrocketing The news is abuzz, Somers asserts, with stories of “premiums are doubling and tripling.”
Fact-Checking Suzanne Somers’s Claim That Obamacare is a Socialist Ponzi SchemeBrandy Zadrozny
October 30, 2013
Historical Examples
The town was abuzz with excitement for an hour, when the news became stale.
The Long ChancePeter B. Kyne
On the 12th of December, 1864, Dublin society was abuzz with excitement.
Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (of 2)Frank Harris
After that, not the cloggers shop only, but half Horwick and all Back o th Mooin were abuzz with the news.
Back o' the MoonOliver Onions
The hotel parlor and office were abuzz with stories of the guests, decorations, and city caterer.
The Road to UnderstandingEleanor H. Porter
The long silent halls of sumptuous hotels are all abuzz with excited arrivals.
New Tabernacle SermonsThomas De Witt Talmage
abuzz
- (postpositive) humming, as with conversation, activity, etc; buzzing
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