adj
Meaning 1
Very happy; full of joyful excitement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
buzzing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbʌzɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ʌzɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: B AH1 Z IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
gerund of buzz
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, form-of, gerund, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The sound produced by something that buzzes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- I can hear buzzing coming from the television.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of buzz
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
noisy like the sound of a bee
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the room was abuzz over the latest scandal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abuzz
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English buzz Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English buzzing From buzz + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Macedonian: брмчи (brmči) — gerund of buzz
- Macedonian: зуи (zui) — gerund of buzz
- Russian: жужжа́ние (žužžánije) — gerund of buzz
- Welsh: suad — gerund of buzz
- Abkhaz: пыввы (pʼəvvə) — sound produced by something that buzzes
- Abkhaz: пыввы-ҷыввы (pʼəvvə-čʼəvvə) — sound produced by something that buzzes
- Arabic: طَنِين (ṭanīn) — sound produced by something that buzzes
- Bulgarian: бръмчене (brǎmčene) — sound produced by something that buzzes
- French: bourdonnement — sound produced by something that buzzes
- French: vrombissement — sound produced by something that buzzes
- German: Summen — sound produced by something that buzzes
- German: Brummen — sound produced by something that buzzes
- Ancient Greek: βόμβος (bómbos) — sound produced by something that buzzes
- Hindi: गुंजन (guñjan) — sound produced by something that buzzes
- Italian: ronzio — sound produced by something that buzzes
- Central Kurdish: واژە (waje) — sound produced by something that buzzes
- Macedonian: брмечење (brmečenje) — sound produced by something that buzzes
- Macedonian: зуење (zuenje) — sound produced by something that buzzes
- Russian: гул (gul) — sound produced by something that buzzes
- Russian: гуде́ние (gudénije) — sound produced by something that buzzes
- Russian: жужжа́ние (žužžánije) — sound produced by something that buzzes
- Ottoman Turkish: طنطنه (tantana) — sound produced by something that buzzes
- Welsh: suad — sound produced by something that buzzes