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noun

a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.

a rumor or report.

Informal. a phone call: When I find out, I'll give you a buzz.

Slang.

a feeling of intense enthusiasm, excitement, or exhilaration: I got a terrific buzz from those Pacific sunsets.

a feeling of slight intoxication.

verb (used without object)

to make a low, vibrating, humming sound.

to speak or murmur with such a sound.

to be filled with the sound of buzzing or whispering: The room buzzed.

to whisper; gossip: Everyone is buzzing about the scandal.

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.

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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.

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.

Idioms

16.

have/get a buzz on, Slang. to be slightly intoxicated: After a few beers they all had a buzz on.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English busse; imitative

Related forms

buzz·ing·ly, adverb

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noun Slang.

a man's very short haircut; crew cut.

Origin:
origin uncertain

noun

Edwin Eugene, Jr ( "Buzz" ) born 1930, U.S. astronaut.

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World English Dictionary

aldrin (ˈɔːldrɪn)

—n
	a brown to white poisonous crystalline solid, more than 95 per cent of which consists of the compound C₁₂H₈Cl₆, which is used as an insecticide. Melting pt: 105°C

[C20: named after K. Alder (1902--58) German chemist]

Aldrin (ˈɔːldrɪn)

—n
	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

buzz (bʌz)

—n
1.	a rapidly vibrating humming sound, as that of a prolonged z or of a bee in flight
2.	a low sound, as of many voices in conversation
3.	a rumour; report; gossip
4.	informal a telephone call: I'll give you a buzz
5.	slang
	a. a pleasant sensation, as from a drug such as cannabis
	b. a sense of excitement; kick

—vb (often foll by about)
6.	(intr) to make a vibrating sound like that of a prolonged z
7.	(intr) to talk or gossip with an air of excitement or urgency: the town buzzed with the news
8.	(tr) to utter or spread (a rumour)
9.	to move around quickly and busily; bustle
10.	(tr) to signal or summon with a buzzer
11.	informal (tr) to call by telephone
12.	informal (tr)
	a. to fly an aircraft very low over (an object): to buzz a ship
	b. to fly an aircraft very close to or across the path of (another aircraft), esp to warn or intimidate
13.	(tr) (esp of insects) to make a buzzing sound with (wings, etc)

[C16: of imitative origin]

'buzzing

—n, —*adj*

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Word Origin & History

buzz

late 15c., echoic of bees and other insects. Aviation sense of "fly low and close" is 1941. Noun meaning "a busy rumor" is attested from c.1600; that of "humming sound" is from 1640s. Meaning "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. Buzz off (1914) originally meant "to ring off on the telephone."

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Science Dictionary

aldrin

(ôl'drĭn) Pronunciation Key
A highly poisonous white powder used as a crop pesticide and to kill termites. Because of its toxicity to animals and humans, its production has been discontinued. Aldrin is a chlorinated derivative of naphthalene closely related to dieldrin. Chemical formula: C₁₂H₈Cl₆.

Slang Dictionary

buzz definition

n.
a call on the telephone. (Usually with give. See also jingle.) : I'll give you a buzz tomorrow.
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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Computing Dictionary

buzz definition

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."
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