busy

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈbɪz.i/]

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1. busy (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.

Example: Be careful crossing that busy street.

2. busy (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person.

Example: The director cannot see you now: he's busy.

3. busy (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Having much work to do; having much to get done.

Example: Near-synonym: swamped

4. busy (noun) — sense 4

Definition: A police officer.

Example: I remember playing on a building site once and coming across a five-pound note. I could hardly believe it when I spotted it poking out of the rubble. Excitedly, I ran straight home and gave it to my mum. I was hero of the hour until I got into trouble with the busies – the police – soon afterwards for pinching a bottle of milk from a float.

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