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Definition busy

Etymology

From Middle English bisy, busie, from Old English bysi?, *biesi?, bisi? (“busy, occupied, diligent”), from Proto-Germanic *bisigaz (“diligent; zealous; busy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian biesich (“active, diligent, hard-working, industrious”), Dutch bezig (“busy”), Low German besig (“busy”), Old Frisian bisgia (“to use”), Old English bisgian (“to occupy, employ, trouble, afflict”). The spelling with ?u? represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects while the Modern English pronunciation with /?/ is from the dialects of the East Midlands.

Adjective

busy (comparative busier, superlative busiest)

1. Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
2. Engaged in activity or by someone else.
3. Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
4. Officious; meddling.

Verb

busy (third-person singular simple present busies, present participle busying, simple past and past participle busied)

1. (transitive) To make somebody busy or active; to occupy.
2. (transitive) To rush somebody. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Noun

busy (plural busies)

1. (slang, Britain, Liverpudlian, derogatory) A police officer.

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