busy

  • 101busy as a beaver —    If you re as busy as a beaver, you re very busy indeed.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 102busy doing something — doing something, especially with a lot of attention or effort We re all busy preparing for Christmas. I was so busy worrying about Julie that I didn t even think about Jake …

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  • 103busy bee — I. /bɪzi ˈbi/ (say bizee bee) noun Colloquial an industrious person. {busy + bee1} II. /bɪzi ˈbi/ (say bizee bee) noun a working bee, usually at a primary school. {busy + …

  • 104busy signal — Teleph. a regular succession of buzzing tones transmitted to a caller to indicate that the circuit serving the number is blocked or in use, rapid repetition indicating that the network is blocked and normal repetition that the telephone being… …

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  • 105busy-ness — noun The quality of being busy without achieving much …

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  • 106busy-work — noun Alternative spelling for busy work …

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  • 107busy work — noun Work or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness. Until we have a system clearly… …

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  • 108busy as a bee — adjective /ˈbɪziæzəˈbiː/ Very active; working constantly. Lord, I have been as busy as a bee ever since dinner! …

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  • 109Busy spin — En Computación, el antipatrón de diseño busy spin o lazo activo consiste en dejar continuamente funcionando un proceso para por ejemplo, verificar una condición que eventualmente se cumplirá Generalmente está práctica de programación es… …

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  • 110Busy as a blowie at a barbie — very busy or hyperactive …

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