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We've found 208 definitions containing the term: busy-wait (0.01 seconds)

pragmatical  Webster Dictionary
busy; specifically, busy in an objectionable way; officious; fussy and positive; meddlesome
busy  Webster Dictionary
to make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books
wait  Webster Dictionary
to cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner
wait  (ɪt) Random House Webster's College Dictionary
lie in wait, to wait in ambush.
serve  Webster Dictionary
to wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop
overbusy  (overbusy) Princeton's WordNet
too busy
busy  (busy, occupy) Princeton's WordNet
keep busy with
occupy  (busy, occupy) Princeton's WordNet
keep busy with
busily  (busily) Princeton's WordNet
in a busy manner
uncommitted  (available, uncommitted) Princeton's WordNet
not busy; not otherwise committed
available  (available, uncommitted) Princeton's WordNet
not busy; not otherwise committed
boondoggle  (boondoggle) Princeton's WordNet
work of little or no value done merely to look busy
up to  (up to) Princeton's WordNet
busy or occupied with
stargazer  (lotus-eater, stargazer) Princeton's WordNet
someone indifferent to the busy world
unengaged  (unengaged) Princeton's WordNet
not busy or occupied; free
beehive  (beehive) Princeton's WordNet
any workplace where people are very busy
lotus-eater  (lotus-eater, stargazer) Princeton's WordNet
someone indifferent to the busy world
on the go  (on the go(p)) Princeton's WordNet
(of a person) very busy and active
hold off  (wait, hold off, hold back) Princeton's WordNet
wait before acting
hold back  (wait, hold off, hold back) Princeton's WordNet
wait before acting
wait  (wait, hold off, hold back) Princeton's WordNet
wait before acting
lurk  (ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait) Princeton's WordNet
wait in hiding to attack
hold out  (hold out) Princeton's WordNet
wait uncompromisingly for something desirable
scupper  (ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait) Princeton's WordNet
wait in hiding to attack
sit tight  (sit tight) Princeton's WordNet
maintain the same position; wait it out
bushwhack  (ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait) Princeton's WordNet
wait in hiding to attack
waylay  (ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait) Princeton's WordNet
wait in hiding to attack
ambush  (ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait) Princeton's WordNet
wait in hiding to attack
ambuscade  (ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait) Princeton's WordNet
wait in hiding to attack
lie in wait  (ambush, scupper, bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait) Princeton's WordNet
wait in hiding to attack
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