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buzzing

noun
/ˈbʌzɪŋ/US

Etymology

From buzz + -ing.

  1. inherited from *bussen✻
  2. suffixed as buzzing — “buzz + ing”

Definitions

  1. gerund of buzz

    • Surely it is an yl miſorder yͭ folk ſhalbe walking vp & down in the ſermon time (as I haue ſene in this place this Lent: & there ſhalbe ſuch huſſyng & buſſyng in the preachers eare, that it maketh hym oftentymes to forget his matter.

  2. The sound produced by something that buzzes.

    • I can hear buzzing coming from the television.

  3. present participle and gerund of buzz

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Very happy

      Very happy; full of joyful excitement.

      • 'She was buzzing, mate, I tell you. She was so funny to listen to. It's the happiest phone call I've had off her in a while.'
      • “Nice one? It's amazing! There's loads like that,” he tells me. “Everyone is raving about you.” I'm totally buzzing. It's a shame Mum and Granddad aren't here.
      • 'We shall see,' he said. 'But it did go unusually well , I must say.' You were absolutely buzzing when I met you at Paddington,' said Niall.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for buzzing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA