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buzz

1  [buhz]
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–noun
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. a feeling of intense enthusiasm, excitement, or exhilaration: I got a terrific buzz from those Pacific sunsets.
b. a feeling of slight intoxication.
–verb (used without object)
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 fol. by off or along): I'll buzz along now. Tell him to buzz off and leave me alone.
–verb (used with object)
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.
a. to fly a plane very low over: to buzz a field.
b. to signal or greet (someone) by flying a plane low and slowing the motor spasmodically.
—Idiom
16. have or get a buzz on, Slang. to be slightly intoxicated: After a few beers they all had a buzz on.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME busse; imit.

Related forms:
buzz⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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buzz

2  [buhz]
–noun Slang.
a man's very short haircut; crew cut.
Origin:
orig. uncert.

Al⋅drin

  [awl-drin]
–noun
Edwin Eugene, Jr. (“Buzz”), born 1930, U.S. astronaut.
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buzz   (bŭz)   
v.   buzzed, buzz·ing, buzz·es

v.   intr.

  1. To make a low droning or vibrating sound like that of a bee.

    1. To talk, often excitedly, in low tones.

    2. To be abuzz; hum: The department was buzzing with rumors.

  3. To move quickly and busily; bustle.

  4. To make a signal with a buzzer.

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to buzz.

  2. To utter in a rapid, low voice: "What is he buzzing in my ears?" (Robert Browning).

  3. Informal To fly low over: The plane buzzed the control tower.

  4. To call or signal with a buzzer.

  5. To make a telephone call to.

  6. To give a buzzcut to.

n.  

  1. A vibrating, humming, or droning sound.

  2. A low murmur: a buzz of talk.

  3. A telephone call: Give me a buzz at nine.

  4. Slang

    1. A state of pleasant intoxication, as from alcohol.

    2. A state of stimulation or overstimulation, as from caffeine.

    3. Excited interest or attention: "The biggest buzz surrounds the simplest antioxidants: vitamins" (Carol Turkington).

    4. Rumor; gossip: the latest buzz from Hollywood.

  5. Slang

    1. Excited interest or attention: "The biggest buzz surrounds the simplest antioxidants: vitamins" (Carol Turkington).

    2. Rumor; gossip: the latest buzz from Hollywood.

  6. A buzzcut.

Phrasal Verb(s):
buzz off Informal To leave quickly; go away: I told them in no uncertain terms to buzz off.

[Middle English bussen, of imitative origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
buzz

  1. n.
    a call on the telephone. (Usually with give. See also jingle.) : I'll give you a buzz tomorrow.
  2. tv.
    to call someone on the telephone. : Buzz me about noon.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

buzz 
1495, echoic of bees and other insects. Meaning "a busy rumor" is attested from 1605. Aviation sense of "fly low and close" is 1941. Sense of "pleasant sense of intoxication" first recorded 1935. The game of counting off, with 7 or multiples of it replaced by buzz is attested from 1864. Buzzword first attested 1946. Buzz off (1914) originally meant "to ring off on the telephone." Buzzer "apparatus for making loud buzzing noises" is from 1870.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: al·drin
Pronunciation: 'ol-dr&n, 'al-
Function: noun
: an exceedingly poisonous cyclodiene insecticideC12H8Cl6
K. Alder —see DIELDRIN
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

buzz
1. Of a program, to run with no indication of progress and perhaps without guarantee of ever finishing; especially said of programs thought to be executing a tight loop of code. A program that is buzzing appears to be catatonic, but never gets out of catatonia, while a buzzing loop may eventually end of its own accord. "The program buzzes for about 10 seconds trying to sort all the names into order." See spin; see also grovel.
2. [ETA Systems] To test a wire or printed circuit trace for continuity by applying an AC rather than DC signal. Some wire faults will pass DC tests but fail a buzz test.
3. To process an array or list in sequence, doing the same thing to each element. "This loop buzzes through the tz array looking for a terminator type."
[The Jargon File]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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