buzzing

Pluralbuzzings

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The low humming sound that bees, insects, or machines make.

   Like the soft humming you hear when you stand near a beehive.

   The buzzing of the bees made it hard to sleep in the garden.

   I could hear a faint buzzing coming from the old refrigerator.

   Similarhum, humming, drone, whirring, whine

2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of buzz. Use this -ing form when something is making a buzz right now.

   The bees were buzzing around the garden all afternoon.

   My phone kept buzzing during the meeting.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   Gerund of buzz. Use this -ing form when the act of buzzing is named like a thing.

   Buzzing from flower to flower is how bees gather pollen all day.

   She got tired of the wasp's constant buzzing near her plate.

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4. 4
   adjectiveslangUK

   Feeling very happy and full of excited energy.

   Like how you feel after hearing the best news ever.

   She was buzzing after winning the race on Saturday.

   We were all buzzing about the big news at school.

   Similarelated, thrilled, ecstatic, euphoric, stoked

   Oppositedeflated, gutted, dejected, downcast

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