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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzing/#m1)

2) Buzzing means full of activity, noise and excitement: The hall was buzzing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzing/#m2)

3) In British and Irish slang, buzzing means very happy and excited. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzing/#m3)

4) Buzzing someone in means pressing a button to open a door for them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzing/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzing/#x1)
- I heard a fly buzzing at the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzing/#x2)
- The playground was buzzing with excitement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzing/#x3)
- My phone is buzzing in my pocket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzing/#x4)
- We made the buzzer in our circuit start buzzing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzing/#x5)
- She was buzzing after winning the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzing/#x6)
- Press the button and they will buzz you in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzing/#x7)
- Hark, what a buzzing and humming there is!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzing/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys/8/)
- [What elephants really fear is the buzzing of angry bees, which can sting the soft skin inside the trunk and round the eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/149-myth-check-are-elephants-scared-of-mice/4/)
- [Ah, land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.375/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «buzzing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.