buzzing
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈbʌzɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English buzz Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English buzzing From buzz + -ing.
- 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.”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English buzz Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English buzzing From buzz + -ing.
- 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.”
- The sound produced by something that buzzes.
“I can hear buzzing coming from the television.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English buzz Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English buzzing From buzz + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of buzz