BUZZ, BUZZING
ADJECTIVES
► BOMBYLIOUS buzzing, humming, like a large bee → 1713 obs.
► MUTTEROUS buzzing, murmuring, full of muttering sound → 1582 obs.
NOUNS
► BEMING noisy buzzing → 1513 obs.
► BIM a buzzing or humming → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BIMMER anything that buzzes or hums → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BUMBLE a buzzing or humming noise → 1834
► BUMBLER any insect which makes a buzzing or humming sound, as a fly → 1876 Eng. dial.
► BUMMER any insect which makes a buzzing or humming sound → 1822
► DING a buzzing noise in the ear → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DINGING a buzzing noise in the ears → 1842 Eng. dial.
► VUNG a buzzing or humming sound → 1905 Sc. obs. (Bk.)
VERBS
► BIM to buzz, to hum → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BINNER to buzz, to whirr; to strike so as to produce a humming or buzzing sound → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOMBILATE to buzz or hum like a bee, or a top when spinning → 1854
► BUMBLE of a bee, fly, etc.: to buzz, to hum → 1689
► FUZZ to buzz → 1676 obs.
► HURR to buzz as an insect; to snarl as a dog; to pronounce a trilled r → 1398 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HUSS to buzz → 1530 obs.
► HUZZ to buzz → 1555
► JUNE ► JUNE AROUND to buzz; to make a humming or rasping sound → 1893 Amer. dial.
► REAM to buzz, to keep buzzing → 1890 Sc.
► SIZZ to buzz, to hiss, to sizzle → 1845 Amer. dial.
► TEE to buzz; said of bees → 19C Eng. dial.
► VUNG to move swiftly with a buzzing sound → 1790 Sc. obs.
► ZOON to make a buzzing or humming sound; to cause to make such a sound → 1880 Amer. dial.