abuzz

adjective \ ə-ˈbəz \

Definition of abuzz

:filled or resounding with or as if with a buzzing sound

a lake abuzz with outboards

; especially :filled with talk or excitement

an office abuzz with rumors

a town abuzz with anticipation of the big game

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Examples of abuzz in a Sentence

the classroom was abuzz with preparations for that evening's open house for the parents

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In early April, media was abuzz over a United Airlines passenger being violently dragged from a plane.

— ryan craggs, CNT, "Airline Passenger Bumping Rates Just Hit a 22-Year Low," 10 Aug. 2017
Social media is abuzz today about Robbie Tripp, a man who posted about loving his wife's curves on Instagram and suddenly attracted a bizarre amount of attention for doing so.

— sam escobar, Allure, "Area Man Thinks He's Brave For Finding His Wife Hot," 4 Aug. 2017
Amazon’s proposed acquisition of Whole Foods is its latest move that has set the media, and those who fret about monopoly, abuzz about the possibility that the company will, in fact, own the world, or at least the profitable parts of it.

— roger meiners, Fortune, "Why Blue Apron Shouldn’t Fret About Amazon’s New Meal Kits," 19 July 2017
But for now, the eclipse zone is abuzz with anticipation.

— bruce henderson, charlotteobserver, "Solar eclipse is a hot ticket in the Carolinas. Here’s what you need to know.," 12 July 2017
In response to Taylor’s video, Twitter has been abuzz with Swifties who think this is a sign that #TS6, Taylor’s follow-up to 1989, is coming sooner than later.

— peggy truong, Cosmopolitan, "Taylor Swift Made a Video for NBA MVP Russell Westbrook and Swifties Are Freaking Out," 27 June 2017
From his hundred-year-old farmhouse and apiary in Turlock, former Democratic congressional candidate Michael Eggman has been abuzz with election plans.

— rennie svirnovskiy, sacbee.com, "He lost his race last year. Now he’s going after seven Republicans," 26 June 2017
The community has been abuzz about the impending move of Idaho’s giant sequoia, slated to take place over the weekend.

— anna webb, idahostatesman, "Amid happiness that Idaho’s sequoia will be saved, sadness that other trees will fall," 22 June 2017
Fans were abuzz on social media over the possibility.

— lance pugmire, latimes.com, "Conor McGregor's agent: Making Mayweather fight was 'a vision that initially nobody else but us saw'," 15 June 2017

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Origin and Etymology of abuzz

¹a- + ¹buzz

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First Known Use: 1859

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Synonyms

aboil, abubble, alive, animated, astir, brisk, bustling, busy, buzzing, flourishing, happening, hopping, humming, kinetic, lively, rousing, stirring, thriving, vibrant

Antonyms

asleep, dead, inactive, lifeless, sleepy

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abounding, crowded, overflowing, populous, swarming, teeming, thronging

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