buzzing

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
28
Words With Friends
32
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈbʌzɪŋ/

Definition of buzzing

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, form-of, gerund, uncountable)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.”
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noun

  1. (countable, form-of, gerund, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)The sound produced by something that buzzes.
    “I can hear buzzing coming from the television.”

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of buzz

adj

  1. (UK, slang)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.”
    “"I thought we were good first half apart from the goal. I was in the toilet at half-time, I felt sick all morning but fine now, I feel buzzing."”
    “"But I wanted to phone Bobby. Honestly, I felt like Santa. He was absolutely over the moon. It's a strong 21s squad, so he's in good company. I think Davie was more buzzing for Bobby than he was for himself."”

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Etymology

From buzz + -ing.

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