busy
Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
Adjective 4 meanings
Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
“Be careful crossing that busy street.”
Engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person.
“The director cannot see you now: he's busy.”
Having much work to do; having much to get done.
“Near-synonym: swamped”
Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
“Flowers, stripes, and checks in the same fabric make for a busy pattern.”
Verb 1 meaning
To make somebody busy or active; to occupy.
“On my vacation I'll busy myself with gardening.”
Etymology
From Middle English bisy, busie, from Old English bisiġ (“busy, occupied, diligent”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisīg (“diligent; zealous; busy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian biesich (“active, diligent, hard-working, industrious”), Dutch bezig (“busy”), Low German besig (“busy”).
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BUSY at a glance
BUSY has 4 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (B 3 + U 1 + S 1 + Y 4) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,765 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with busy
All rhymes- JEALOUSY18
- LOUSY8
- CITRUSY12
- MOUSY10
- DRUSY9
- BLOUSY11
- UNBUSY11
- CIRCUSY14
- STATUSY10
- BOUSY10
- HUMUSY14
- CRUSY10
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