abuzz — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz (“feeling or rush of energy or excitement”), buzzing.

   Usage

   • postpositional

   Examples

   The court was all astir and a-buzz, when the black sheep—whom many fell away from in dread—pressed him into an obscure corner among the crowd.

   There's too many women in the house for me: I hate the sound of women's voices; they're always either a-buzz or a-squeak, always either a-buzz or a-squeak.

   More examples (5)

   The long silent halls of sumptuous hotels are all abuzz with excited arrivals.

   Now what a-devil has set this hornet's nest of theirs abuzz so suddenly?

   The town was abuzz with excitement for an hour, when the news became stale.

   It was coming up on the cusp of July and August, and he remembered boyhood summers on the mountain's slopes abuzz with blackflies and syrupy heat.

   The ranch was abuzz with activity and had been for hours.

Adjective

1. noisy like the sound of a bee

   Synonyms

   buzzing

   Examples

   the room was abuzz over the latest scandal