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      busy
      noun
      (slang, UK, Liverpool, derogatory) A police officer.
      verb
      (transitive, usually reflexive) To make somebody busy or active; to occupy.
      adjective
      Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
      Engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person.
      Having much work to do; having much to get done.
      Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
      Officious; meddling.
      Synonyms for busy
      engagedadjhecticadjbustlingadjoccupiedadjfussyadjofficiousadjhustlingvoverworkedvmeddlesomeadjworkingnmeddlingn
      Words related to busy
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