: 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
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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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
Chicagoland is abuzz following the Bears’ fourth-quarter comeback last weekend.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
Social media was abuzz about it.
—Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 8 Dec. 2025
In 2000, the media world was abuzz after learning that Gehry had completed a sleek cafeteria for all Condé Nast staffers in the company’s Times Square headquarters.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 7 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for abuzz
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“Abuzz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abuzz. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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