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buzz

[buhz]

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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.

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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.

Idiom

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

Example Sentences

Getting a buzz cut helps a patient mentally prepare for war with prostate cancer.

Yet an increasing number of workers find stress not a welcome buzz but an offence perpetrated by their.

Get the buzz on how flowers reproduce in this science cartoon.

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Getting a buzz cut helps a patient mentally prepare for war with prostate cancer.

Yet an increasing number of workers find stress not a welcome buzz but an offence perpetrated by their.

Get the buzz on how flowers reproduce in this science cartoon.

Laughter and cheers cause a buzz of activity in brain regions that control facial movement.

Photographs and films show him getting a buzz cut, hanging out in the barracks and driving a tank.

Commercial greenhouses growers use electric vibration wands to do their own buzz pollination.

Over the past year, there has been a lot of buzz in the aviation industry over the use of alternative fuels.

Yet the election buzz continued, with parties dusting down campaign slogans and plans.

But the slender woman with the buzz cut and two others are silently vomiting into plastic bags.

Buzz about a quantum gravity theory that sends space and time back to their.

Light dances on the river, bamboo rustles, and dragonflies buzz.

There is a lot of buzz on the internet about what may or may not be in the next generation of consoles.

Almost louder than the buzz of the shows, however, was the industry's fretting over its own future.

The discovery is creating a buzz throughout the astronomy community.

The researchers say the buzz of boats may divert attention from the hunt-causing fish to waste more time and energy chasing prey.

In the interest of generating buzz and flexing muscles,.

At this time of year, they normally buzz above the fields that surround this.

Participants heard either a bell or a buzz to indicate whether their choice was correct or incorrect.

The campaign was part of an experiment in whether peer-to-peer can be used to create buzz around an artist and drive up sales.

The government's privatisation programme should add to the buzz.

The recent buzz around the visual display of information makes it seem like.

But they'll certainly release a film gradually to build buzz if it lacks star power.

Nonetheless, the buzz over a further stimulus will not go away.

So lost in the brain game buzz is the obvious question:.

It's a golden opportunity to win over new fans, make industry connections and maybe even rack up some buzz.

But at weekends the little gardens buzz with the sound of hedge-clippers and television sets.

For years now, they've been a buzz phrase in the chemicals industry.

As you sit down in your tiny, messy cube, fluorescent lights buzz overhead.

They also feed on the buzz that bad behaviour generates.

Traditionally, bands toured cities and played dive bars to create buzz about their music.

The fact that the clothes may not be wearable is irrelevant: the idea is to create a buzz.

But in general television channels, newspapers and street corners buzz with strongly held opinions.

From private internet companies, which were never state-owned, the buzz is deafening.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

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

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

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by buzz is attested from 1864. Buzz off (1914) originally meant "to ring off on the telephone."

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American Heritage

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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FOLDOC

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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