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Definitions for Buzz

[1] a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.
[2] a rumor or report.
[3] Informal . a phone call: When I find out, I'll give you a buzz.
[4] Slang . a feeling of intense enthusiasm, excitement, or exhilaration: I got a terrific buzz from those Pacific sunsets. a feeling of slight intoxication.
[5] to make a low, vibrating, humming sound.
[6] to speak or murmur with such a sound.
[7] to be filled with the sound of buzzing or whispering: The room buzzed.
[8] to whisper; gossip: Everyone is buzzing about the scandal.
[9] to move busily from place to place.
[10] Slang . to go; leave (usually followed by off or along ): I'll buzz along now. Tell him to buzz off and leave me alone.
[11] to make a buzzing sound with: The fly buzzed its wings.
[12] to tell or spread (a rumor, gossip, etc.) secretively.
[13] to signal or summon with a buzzer: He buzzed his secretary.
[14] Informal . to make a phone call to.
[15] Aeronautics . to fly a plane very low over: to buzz a field. to signal or greet (someone) by flying a plane low and slowing the motor spasmodically.
[16] have /get a buzz on , Slang . to be slightly intoxicated: After a few beers they all had a buzz on.
[17] a man's very short haircut; crew cut.
[18] Edwin Eugene, Jr. Buzz , born 1930, U.S. astronaut.
[19] a rapidly vibrating humming sound, as that of a prolonged z or of a bee in flight
[20] a low sound, as of many voices in conversation
[21] a rumour; report; gossip
[22] informal a telephone call I'll give you a buzz
[23] slang a pleasant sensation, as from a drug such as cannabis a sense of excitement; kick
[24] (intr) to make a vibrating sound like that of a prolonged z
[25] (intr) to talk or gossip with an air of excitement or urgency the town buzzed with the news
[26] (tr) to utter or spread (a rumour)
[27] (intr often foll by about ) to move around quickly and busily; bustle
[28] (tr) to signal or summon with a buzzer
[29] (tr) informal to call by telephone
[30] (tr) informal to fly an aircraft very low over (an object) to buzz a ship to fly an aircraft very close to or across the path of (another aircraft), esp to warn or intimidate
[31] (tr) (esp of insects) to make a buzzing sound with (wings, etc)
[32] a brown to white poisonous crystalline solid, more than 95 per cent of which consists of the compound C 12 H 8 Cl 6 , which is used as an insecticide. Melting pt: 105°C
[33] Edwin Eugene Jr. , known as Buzz. born 1930, US astronaut; the second man to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 flight

Words related to Buzz

whisper, murmur, hum, news, rumor, rumble, reverberate, chatter, purr, ringing, drone, fizzle, hiss, ring, whir, fizz, comment, hearsay, grapevine, cry

Words nearby Buzz

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Origin of Buzz

2origin uncertain

Other words from Buzz

buzz·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Buzz

aldrinC20: named after K. Alder (1902–58) German chemist

Synonyms for Buzz

hum, murmur, whisper, drone, fizz, fizzle, hiss, purr, ring, ringing, sibilation, whir