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buzzling

buzzling is the present participle and gerund of buzzle.

Meaning of buzzle

Verb

buzzle (third-person singular simple present buzzles, present participle buzzling, simple past and past participle buzzled)

  1. (intransitive) To buzz repeatedly or continuously; whirr
    • 'It's here, you see, but we just ran out into the garden to tell Daddy the telephone was ringing, and it all went sort of fizzy and buzzled all over the stove.'2007, Miss Read, Christmas at Fairacre - Page 237
  2. (transitive) To cause to buzz; flurry
    • Hold, hold, master, spare me for heaven's sake I remember my Lady Faddle, she once sent me of an errand; your compliments buzzled me and put it out of my head.1874, John Crowne, The Dramatic Works - Volume 3 - Page 77

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Questions about buzzling

What is buzzling the present participle and gerund of?
Buzzling is the present participle and gerund of buzzle.

Words near buzzling in the dictionary

  1. buzzle
  2. buzzled
  3. buzzles
  4. buzzless
  5. buzzlike
  6. buzzling
  7. buzzphrase
  8. buzzphrases
  9. buzzsaw
  10. buzzsawed
  11. buzzsawing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: buzzling (page history and authors); buzzle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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