adj.
 (busier, busiest)
   - having a great deal to do. 
▸(of a place) full of activity or people.
 - (of a person) presently occupied; engaged. 
▸chiefly N. Amer. (of a telephone line) engaged.
 - excessively detailed or decorated.
 
v.
 (busies, busying, busied)
 
(
busy oneself)
 keep occupied.
n.
 
(also 
bizzy)
 
(pl. busies or bizzies)
 Brit. informal a police officer.
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  OE bisgian (v.), bisig (n.).