a-buzz

See also: abuzz

English

Adjective

a-buzz (comparative more a-buzz, superlative most a-buzz)

1. Alternative form of abuzz.
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, “The Game Made”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book III (The Track of a Storm), page 212:

     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.

   • 1859, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “The Night-school and the Schoolmaster”, in Adam Bede […], volume II, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book second, page 124:

     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.

   • 2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “Introduction – The Seventh Sense”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London: Profile Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 6:

     Suddenly I was a-buzz with ideas.