buzzing
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 28
- Words With Friends
- 32
- Letters
- 7
/ˈbʌzɪŋ/
Definition of buzzing
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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
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(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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(countable, uncountable)The sound produced by something that buzzes.
“I can hear buzzing coming from the television.”
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of buzz
adj
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(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.
Words you can make from buzzing
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