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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Filled with or as if with a buzzing sound.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Buzzing; filled with buzzing sounds.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective colloq. In a buzz; buzzing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective In a buzz; buzzing
  • adjective postpositive Characterized by excessive gossip or activity.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective noisy like the sound of a bee

Etymologies

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a- (“in such a manner”) +‎ buzz (“to drone”)

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