"filled with buzzing sound," 1859, from a- (1) + buzz (n.). First recorded in Dickens.
the room was abuzz over the latest scandal
abuse
abuser
abusive
abut
abutment
abuzz
abysm
abysmal
abyss
abyssal
Abyssinia
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