buzzingn.¹

/ˈbʌzɪŋ/

Etymology: < buzz v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action of buzz v.¹

1. A sibilant humming.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [noun] > buzz

buzzing1495

beminga1522

fuzzing1676

bumble1834

Z-ing1852

zizz1860

zizzing1884

zinging1921

tizziness1976

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. xii. sig. aa.v^v/2 They..reste all nyghte vnto it be daye: tyll one bee wake them all with twyes bussyng [a1398 BL Add. wiþ twey bimynges] or thryes.

c1540 Pilgrim's Tale 66 in F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) App. i. 79 I herde a bussinge..I thought yt had beyn the dran be.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. v. 12 Two or three loud buzzings.

1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §35 The buzzing of the fly [is] produced..by a constant current of air through the trachea.

1872 R. D. Blackmore Maid of Sker I. xxvi. 316 He had..a kind of a buzzing in one ear.

2. Confused or mingled utterance; busy murmuring, muttering; murmur, busy talk, rumour.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > murmuring or muttering

blabberingc1375

mammeringa1425

mumblingc1440

mumming1440

rumbling1440

mutteringc1475

buzzing1532

momblishness1532

hummel-bummel1537

murmuration1541

mumblement1595

babblinga1599

hummering1637

mutter1637

fumble1647

murmur1704

admurmuration1727

slurring1806

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. (1557) 408/2 The..obseruaunces of the churche, which he calleth..howling, buzsing, and crying oute.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. i. 148 A buzzing of a Separation Betweene the King and Katherine.

1827 T. Carlyle Libussa in Transl. (1874) 94 The hum of the multitude, the whispering and buzzing.

1882 H. C. Merivale Faucit of Balliol II. ii. i. 151 The buzzings of the Agnostics.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

buzzingn.²

Etymology: < buzz v.³ + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbuzzing.

Thieves' cant.

Pocket-picking.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > picking pockets > [noun]

pocket-picking1662

palmistry1711

pickpocketing1742

filing-lay1743

pickpocketry1756

buzzing1819

fogle drawing1823

fogle hunting1823

pickpocketism1830

cly-faking1862

dipping1882

prat-digging1908

whizz1925

whizzing1925

1819 J. H. Vaux Memoirs I. xii. 140 I had not been accustomed to buzzing.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Dec. 4/2 Descending somewhat in the scale of crime, we come to simple ‘buzzing’, or the picking of pockets.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

buzzingadj.

Etymology: < buzz v.¹ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbuzzing.

a. Making, or characterized by, a sibilant humming.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adjective] > buzz (of sounds) > making buzzing sound

buzzing1556

buzzy1871

zithering1889

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie ii. 13 What is this buzzynge blumberinge trow we: thunder?

1600 Maydes Metamorphosis i, in O. Pl. (1882) I. 113 Bees..Whose buzing musick..shall her sences greet.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 103 A fierce loud buzzing Breez.

1727 J. Thomson Summer 24 In a Corner of the buzzing Shade.

1827–8 Lamb in Poems (Chandos) 559.

1842 T. B. Macaulay Virginia in Lays Anc. Rome 152 Where'er ye shed the honey, the buzzing flies will crowd.

b. Said of sounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adjective] > buzz (of sounds)

bumbling1556

buzzing1635

tizzy1987

1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi v. §2. 123 A kinde of buzzing noise.

1844 W. Dufton Nature & Treatm. Deafness 85 Pains over the forehead..succeeded by a buzzing noise.

2. Whispering, muttering; busily talking, full of busy talk.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]

wordyeOE

talewisec1200

i-worded?c1225

babblinga1250

cacklinga1250

chatteringa1250

speakfula1250

word-wooda1250

of many wordsc1350

janglingc1374

tatteringc1380

tongueya1382

ganglinga1398

readya1400

jargaunt1412

talkative1432

open-moutheda1470

clattering1477

trattling?a1513

windy1513

popping1528

smatteringa1529

rattle?1529

communicablea1533

blab1552

gaggling1553

long-tongued?1553

prittle-prattle1556

pattering1558

talking1560

bobling1566

gabbling1566

verbal1572

piet1573

twattling1573

flibber gibber1575

babblative1576

tickle-tongued1577

tattling1581

buzzing1587

long-winded1589

multiloquous1591

discoursive1599

rattling1600

glib1602

flippant1605

talkful1605

nimble-tongued1608

tongue-ripe1610

fliperous1611

garrulous?1611

futile1612

overspeaking1612

feather-tongueda1618

tongue-free1617

long-breatheda1628

well-breathed1635

multiloquious1640

untongue-tied1640

unretentive1650

communicative1651

linguacious1651

glibbed1654

largiloquent1656

multiloquent1656

parlagea1657

loose-clacked1661

nimble-chop1662

twit-twat1665

over-talkativea1667

loquacious1667

loudmouth1668

conversable1673

gash1681

narrative1681

chappy1693

apposite1701

conversative1703

gabbit1710

lubricous1715

gabby?1719

ventose1721

taleful1726

chatty?1741

blethering1759

renable1781

fetch-fire1784

conversational1799

conversant1803

gashing1808

long-lunged1815

talky1815

multi-loquacious1819

prolegomenous1822

talky-talky1831

nimble-mouthed1836

slipper1842

speechful1842

gassy1843

in great force1849

yattering1859

babbly1860

irreticent1864

chattable1867

lubrical1867

chattery1869

loose-mouthed1872

chinny1883

tongue-wagging1885

yappy1909

big-mouthed1914

loose-lipped1919

ear-bashing1945

ear-bending1946

yackety-yacking1953

nattering1959

yacking1959

woofy1960

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 840/1 A companie of bussing moonks.

1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. Biv Buzzing whisperer, tell mee, etc.

1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 306 The buzzing Multitudes.

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cxlii. 74 Where buzzing nations choked the ways.

Derivatives

ˈbuzzingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adverb] > buzz

buzzingly1861

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations x, in All Year Round 5 Jan. 292/1 The pupils..buzzingly passed a ragged book from hand to hand.

Draft additions January 2005

colloquial (originally U.S.). Lively, exciting; busy, popular.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [adjective]

stirring1421

excitative1490

rousing1576

animating1595

excitant1608

exciteful?1615

spirit-stirringa1616

spiritous1624

excitatinga1643

exagitating1646

fermentive1656

awakening1694

electrifying1746

upstirring1751

electrical1760

thrilling1768

excitive1774

proceleusmatic1775

electric1789

inspiriting1796

fermentitious1807

exciting1811

red-hot1835

hair-raising1838

suscitating1840

arousing1841

sizzling1845

zesty1853

excitory1861

throbbing1864

buzzing1882

ding-dong1887

thrillful1887

stir-up1890

large1895

thrilly1896

high voltage1909

voltaic1920

sizzly1936

Boy's Own1967

hot shit1967

crunk1995

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active > full of brisk activity (of times or places)

quickc1395

busy1530

stirring1647

vital1742

lively1764

busyish1851

buzzing1882

mouvementé1888

bubbling1912

1882 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 175/2 The mournful notes were fit to wring one's heart, breaking in as they did upon the careless life of the buzzing streets.

1927 News (Frederick, Maryland) 28 May 4/5 Such a buzzing town and livewire populace.

1975 Newsweek (Nexis) 10 Mar. 25 An outbreak of anti-Chinese disturbances led fearful Chinese merchants to shutter their shops,..leaving the normally buzzing neighborhood ghostly still.

2001 Middle East Times (Egypt ed.) 7 Apr. 6/1 Dubai..has a buzzing nightlife.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

> as lemmas

buzzing

a. To assail, din, or molest by buzzing. In extended use: to fly (an aircraft) fast and close to. Also buzzing. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)] > in specific way

buzz1679

bepaper1861

stalk1981

society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > [noun] > fast and close to

buzzing1941

society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > fly an aircraft [verb (transitive)] > fast and close to

buzz1942

1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida i. i. 2 Having his ears buzz'd with his noisy Fame.

1683 J. Barnard Theologo-historicus 30 That swarm like Gnats and Flyes to buz the Head.

1884 ‘Judge Wiglittle’ 10 Years Police Judge xiii. 155 He has..been badgered, buzzed, and besieged.

1941 Amer. Speech 16 164/1 Buzzing a town..in Air Corps, to fly over it.

1942 Time 14 Dec. 82/2 They said he could buzz the camouflage off the top of a hangar without touching it.

1948 in P. C. Berg Dict. New Words (1953) 49/2 Two fighters buzzed a Bristol Wayfarer.

1958 Daily Mail 18 July 1/4 The reported ‘buzzing’ of British air transports by Israeli fighters as they crossed the coast.

1959 Times 23 May 6/4 The commander said that the Chaplet..circled and ‘buzzed’ the Odinn before hitting her in the stern.

1969 Daily Tel. 17 Dec. 10/6 It can be a frightening experience to be shadowed, or ‘buzzed’ by a heavy lorry in fog.

extracted from buzzv.¹

n.¹1495

n.²1819

adj.1556

as lemmas

单词	buzzing
释义	buzzingn.¹ /ˈbʌzɪŋ/ Etymology: < buzz v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of buzz v.¹ 1. A sibilant humming. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [noun] > buzz buzzing1495 beminga1522 fuzzing1676 bumble1834 Z-ing1852 zizz1860 zizzing1884 zinging1921 tizziness1976 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xviii. xii. sig. aa.v^v/2 They..reste all nyghte vnto it be daye: tyll one bee wake them all with twyes bussyng [a1398 BL Add. wiþ twey bimynges] or thryes. c1540 Pilgrim's Tale 66 in F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) App. i. 79 I herde a bussinge..I thought yt had beyn the dran be. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. v. 12 Two or three loud buzzings. 1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §35 The buzzing of the fly [is] produced..by a constant current of air through the trachea. 1872 R. D. Blackmore Maid of Sker I. xxvi. 316 He had..a kind of a buzzing in one ear. 2. Confused or mingled utterance; busy murmuring, muttering; murmur, busy talk, rumour. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [noun] > murmuring or muttering blabberingc1375 mammeringa1425 mumblingc1440 mumming1440 rumbling1440 mutteringc1475 buzzing1532 momblishness1532 hummel-bummel1537 murmuration1541 mumblement1595 babblinga1599 hummering1637 mutter1637 fumble1647 murmur1704 admurmuration1727 slurring1806 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. (1557) 408/2 The..obseruaunces of the churche, which he calleth..howling, buzsing, and crying oute. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. i. 148 A buzzing of a Separation Betweene the King and Katherine. View more context for this quotation 1827 T. Carlyle Libussa in Transl. (1874) 94 The hum of the multitude, the whispering and buzzing. 1882 H. C. Merivale Faucit of Balliol II. ii. i. 151 The buzzings of the Agnostics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2020). buzzingn.² Etymology: < buzz v.³ + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbuzzing. Thieves' cant. Pocket-picking. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > picking pockets > [noun] pocket-picking1662 palmistry1711 pickpocketing1742 filing-lay1743 pickpocketry1756 buzzing1819 fogle drawing1823 fogle hunting1823 pickpocketism1830 cly-faking1862 dipping1882 prat-digging1908 whizz1925 whizzing1925 1819 J. H. Vaux Memoirs I. xii. 140 I had not been accustomed to buzzing. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Dec. 4/2 Descending somewhat in the scale of crime, we come to simple ‘buzzing’, or the picking of pockets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). buzzingadj. Etymology: < buzz v.¹ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbuzzing. 1. a. Making, or characterized by, a sibilant humming. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adjective] > buzz (of sounds) > making buzzing sound buzzing1556 buzzy1871 zithering1889 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie ii. 13 What is this buzzynge blumberinge trow we: thunder? 1600 Maydes Metamorphosis i, in O. Pl. (1882) I. 113 Bees..Whose buzing musick..shall her sences greet. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 103 A fierce loud buzzing Breez. View more context for this quotation 1727 J. Thomson Summer 24 In a Corner of the buzzing Shade. 1827–8 Lamb in Poems (Chandos) 559. 1842 T. B. Macaulay Virginia in Lays Anc. Rome 152 Where'er ye shed the honey, the buzzing flies will crowd. b. Said of sounds. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adjective] > buzz (of sounds) bumbling1556 buzzing1635 tizzy1987 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi v. §2. 123 A kinde of buzzing noise. 1844 W. Dufton Nature & Treatm. Deafness 85 Pains over the forehead..succeeded by a buzzing noise. 2. Whispering, muttering; busily talking, full of busy talk. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] wordyeOE talewisec1200 i-worded?c1225 babblinga1250 cacklinga1250 chatteringa1250 speakfula1250 word-wooda1250 of many wordsc1350 janglingc1374 tatteringc1380 tongueya1382 ganglinga1398 readya1400 jargaunt1412 talkative1432 open-moutheda1470 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 windy1513 popping1528 smatteringa1529 rattle?1529 communicablea1533 blab1552 gaggling1553 long-tongued?1553 prittle-prattle1556 pattering1558 talking1560 bobling1566 gabbling1566 verbal1572 piet1573 twattling1573 flibber gibber1575 babblative1576 tickle-tongued1577 tattling1581 buzzing1587 long-winded1589 multiloquous1591 discoursive1599 rattling1600 glib1602 flippant1605 talkful1605 nimble-tongued1608 tongue-ripe1610 fliperous1611 garrulous?1611 futile1612 overspeaking1612 feather-tongueda1618 tongue-free1617 long-breatheda1628 well-breathed1635 multiloquious1640 untongue-tied1640 unretentive1650 communicative1651 linguacious1651 glibbed1654 largiloquent1656 multiloquent1656 parlagea1657 loose-clacked1661 nimble-chop1662 twit-twat1665 over-talkativea1667 loquacious1667 loudmouth1668 conversable1673 gash1681 narrative1681 chappy1693 apposite1701 conversative1703 gabbit1710 lubricous1715 gabby?1719 ventose1721 taleful1726 chatty?1741 blethering1759 renable1781 fetch-fire1784 conversational1799 conversant1803 gashing1808 long-lunged1815 talky1815 multi-loquacious1819 prolegomenous1822 talky-talky1831 nimble-mouthed1836 slipper1842 speechful1842 gassy1843 in great force1849 yattering1859 babbly1860 irreticent1864 chattable1867 lubrical1867 chattery1869 loose-mouthed1872 chinny1883 tongue-wagging1885 yappy1909 big-mouthed1914 loose-lipped1919 ear-bashing1945 ear-bending1946 yackety-yacking1953 nattering1959 yacking1959 woofy1960 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 840/1 A companie of bussing moonks. 1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. Biv Buzzing whisperer, tell mee, etc. 1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 306 The buzzing Multitudes. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV cxlii. 74 Where buzzing nations choked the ways. Derivatives ˈbuzzingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > sibilant sound > [adverb] > buzz buzzingly1861 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations x, in All Year Round 5 Jan. 292/1 The pupils..buzzingly passed a ragged book from hand to hand. Draft additions January 2005 colloquial (originally U.S.). Lively, exciting; busy, popular. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [adjective] stirring1421 excitative1490 rousing1576 animating1595 excitant1608 exciteful?1615 spirit-stirringa1616 spiritous1624 excitatinga1643 exagitating1646 fermentive1656 awakening1694 electrifying1746 upstirring1751 electrical1760 thrilling1768 excitive1774 proceleusmatic1775 electric1789 inspiriting1796 fermentitious1807 exciting1811 red-hot1835 hair-raising1838 suscitating1840 arousing1841 sizzling1845 zesty1853 excitory1861 throbbing1864 buzzing1882 ding-dong1887 thrillful1887 stir-up1890 large1895 thrilly1896 high voltage1909 voltaic1920 sizzly1936 Boy's Own1967 hot shit1967 crunk1995 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active > full of brisk activity (of times or places) quickc1395 busy1530 stirring1647 vital1742 lively1764 busyish1851 buzzing1882 mouvementé1888 bubbling1912 1882 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 175/2 The mournful notes were fit to wring one's heart, breaking in as they did upon the careless life of the buzzing streets. 1927 News (Frederick, Maryland) 28 May 4/5 Such a buzzing town and livewire populace. 1975 Newsweek (Nexis) 10 Mar. 25 An outbreak of anti-Chinese disturbances led fearful Chinese merchants to shutter their shops,..leaving the normally buzzing neighborhood ghostly still. 2001 Middle East Times (Egypt ed.) 7 Apr. 6/1 Dubai..has a buzzing nightlife. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021). > as lemmas buzzing a. To assail, din, or molest by buzzing. In extended use: to fly (an aircraft) fast and close to. Also buzzing. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)] > in specific way buzz1679 bepaper1861 stalk1981 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > [noun] > fast and close to buzzing1941 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > fly an aircraft [verb (transitive)] > fast and close to buzz1942 1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida i. i. 2 Having his ears buzz'd with his noisy Fame. 1683 J. Barnard Theologo-historicus 30 That swarm like Gnats and Flyes to buz the Head. 1884 ‘Judge Wiglittle’ 10 Years Police Judge xiii. 155 He has..been badgered, buzzed, and besieged. 1941 Amer. Speech 16 164/1 Buzzing a town..in Air Corps, to fly over it. 1942 Time 14 Dec. 82/2 They said he could buzz the camouflage off the top of a hangar without touching it. 1948 in P. C. Berg Dict. New Words (1953) 49/2 Two fighters buzzed a Bristol Wayfarer. 1958 Daily Mail 18 July 1/4 The reported ‘buzzing’ of British air transports by Israeli fighters as they crossed the coast. 1959 Times 23 May 6/4 The commander said that the Chaplet..circled and ‘buzzed’ the Odinn before hitting her in the stern. 1969 Daily Tel. 17 Dec. 10/6 It can be a frightening experience to be shadowed, or ‘buzzed’ by a heavy lorry in fog. extracted from buzzv.¹ < n.¹1495n.²1819adj.1556 as lemmas
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