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buzz

1   [buhz]
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.
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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.
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/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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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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buzz definition


  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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buzzing definition


  1. mod.
    drunk. : Sally was buzzing after only a few drinks.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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