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busy
adjective
verb
crowded with or characterized by much activity
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 4
- Starts with
- B
- Ends with
- Y
- Contains
- US
- Scrabble score
- 9
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
ˈbɪzi
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Meaning
Definitions
adjective
crowded with or characterized by much activity
“a very busy week”
adjective
actively or fully engaged or occupied
“busy with her work”
adjective
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
“an interfering old woman”
adjective
(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)
“her line is busy”
adjective
overcrowded or cluttered with detail
“a busy painting”
verb
keep busy with
“She busies herself with her butterfly collection”
In context
Example Sentences
a very busy week
a busy life
a busy street
a busy seaport
busy with her work
a busy man
too busy to eat lunch
an interfering old woman
bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself
busy about other people's business
her line is busy
receptionists' telephones are always engaged
the lavatory is in use
kept getting a busy signal
a busy painting
a fussy design
She busies herself with her butterfly collection
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