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# buzzing

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

«buzzing» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Buzzing is making a low humming sound like a bee or fly. [tree →](https://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzing/#m4)

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

In Isaiah the "land of the buzzing of wings" is a far land beyond Ethiopia, perhaps for its swarms of insects or its many ships and sails.

**Interpretation.** Commentators read it as a distant nation whose messengers God notices. They see the prophecy as God's rule over all peoples, even the faraway ones.

### Examples

- Ah, land of the buzzing of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; (Prophets ISA.18.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buzzing/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «buzzing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzzing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«buzzing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/buzzing.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «buzzing» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buzzing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«buzzing» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/buzzing.html) on Mova free.