buzzing

«buzzing» in Mova's school dictionary: making a low humming sound like a bee or fly — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (buzz, buzzes, buzzed, buzzing); adjective (buzzing); noun (buzzing — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Buzzing is making a low humming sound like a bee or fly. tree →

2) Buzzing means full of activity, noise and excitement: The hall was buzzing. tree →

3) In British and Irish slang, buzzing means very happy and excited. tree →

4) Buzzing someone in means pressing a button to open a door for them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In nature lessons, bees and flies make a buzzing sound by beating their wings very fast. In science, a buzzer in a circuit makes a buzzing noise. In stories, a buzzing crowd is lively. Phrases: buzzing with, buzzing around, buzz someone in.

examples

• Bees were buzzing around the flowers. tree →
• I heard a fly buzzing at the window. tree →
• The playground was buzzing with excitement. tree →
• My phone is buzzing in my pocket. tree →
• We made the buzzer in our circuit start buzzing. tree →
• She was buzzing after winning the race. tree →
• Press the button and they will buzz you in. tree →
• Hark, what a buzzing and humming there is!" tree →

note

It is the -ing form of buzz (double z, add -ing). The noun is buzz: the buzz of bees. Buzz is an onomatopoeia: the word sounds like the noise. Safety: stay calm near buzzing bees and wasps, don't swat at them.

In the corpora

• Brass players buzz their lips into the mouthpiece; blowing without buzzing gives just a hiss.
• What elephants really fear is the buzzing of angry bees, which can sting the soft skin inside the trunk and round the eyes.
• Ah, land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «buzzing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.