busy /bizˈi/

1. Fully employed
2. Active
3. Diligent
4. Meddling
5. Fussily active
6. (of a telephone line or a room) engaged
7. (of a picture or design) unrestful because it has too much detail

A detective

1. To make busy
2. To occupy

busˈily adverb

busˈyness noun

The state of being busy (see business)

busˈybody noun

1. A person who meddles in others' affairs
2. A mirror at a window arranged to show the street below

intransitive verb

To behave like a busybody

busy Lizzie noun

A popular fast-growing pot-plant of the Impatiens genus, usu with pink or white flowers

busy signal noun (N American)

The engaged tone

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