zizzinghttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zizzing_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezizzing, adj.
Revised 2021

zizzingadjective

  1. 1919–
    That makes a buzzing or whizzing sound.
    1. 1919
      ‘Not June bugs in the hair—in the air,’ Miss Adeline elucidated. ‘Zizzing ones, Thomas.’
      Youth's Companion 18 September 504/2
    2. 1951
      Confusion continued, it seemed to Ned, to the old background of zizzing flies, bellowing cows, walks, and hot, cloudy weather.
      J. Strachey, Man on Pier 88
    3. 2015
      I loved everything about woodworking: the screaming saw, the zizzing drill, the smell of sawdust and the feel of wood shavings.
      Natchez (Mississippi) Democrat (Nexis) 20 December

Originally published as part of the entry for zizz, v.

zizzing, adj. was revised in March 2021.

zizzing, adj. was last modified in July 2023.