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Buzzing

//ˈbʌzɪŋ// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very happy; full of joyful excitement. UK, slang

    "'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.'"

Adjective
  1. 1
    noisy like the sound of a bee wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    gerund of buzz countable, form-of, gerund, uncountable

    "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. 2
    The sound produced by something that buzzes. countable, uncountable

    "I can hear buzzing coming from the television."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of buzz form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From buzz + -ing.

Etymology 2

From buzz + -ing.

Etymology 3

From buzz + -ing.

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