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a·buzz

   [uh-buhz]
adjective
1.
buzzing.
2.
full of or alive with activity, talk, etc.: The company was abuzz with rumors about the new owner.
Origin:
1855–60; a-1 + buzz1
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abuzz (əˈbʌz)
 
—adj
(postpositive) humming, as with conversation, activity, etc; buzzing

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abuzz
1859, from a- (1) + buzz. First recorded in Dickens.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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