abuzz, buzzing
(adjective) noisy like the sound of a bee; “the room was abuzz over the latest scandal”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
buzzing
present participle of buzz
buzzing (countable and uncountable, plural buzzings)
The action of the verb to buzz.
The sound produced by something that buzzes.
Source: Wiktionary
Buzz, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Buzzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Buzzing.] Etym: [An onomatopoeia.]
Definition: To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice. Like a wasp is buzzed, and stung him. Longfellow. However these disturbers of our peace Buzz in the people's ears. Shak.
Buzz, v. t.
1. To sound forth by buzzing. Shak.
2. To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an under tone; to spread, as report, by whispers, or secretly. I will buzz abroad such prophecies That Edward shall be fearful of his life. Shak.
3. To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice. [Colloq.]
4. (Phonetics)
Definition: To sound with a "buzz". H. Sweet.
Buzz, n.
1. A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones, or of a general expression of surprise or approbation. "The constant buzz of a fly." Macaulay.
I found the whole room in a buzz of politics. Addison. There is a buzz all around regarding the sermon. Thackeray.
2. A whisper; a report spread secretly or cautiously. There's a certain buzz Of a stolen marriage. Massinger.
3. (Phonetics)
Definition: The audible friction of voice consonants. H. Sweet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
