buzz
a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.
Informal. a rumor or report: There's a buzz going around that he'll soon be fired.
Informal. a phone call: When I find out, I'll give you a buzz.
Slang.
a feeling of intense enthusiasm, interest, excitement, or exhilaration: I get a terrific buzz from those Pacific sunsets.Their ads are generating plenty of buzz.
a feeling of slight intoxication or overstimulation from liquor or drugs: Too much caffeine gives me a buzz.
to make a low, vibrating, humming sound.
to speak or murmur with such a sound.
to make a buzzing sound with: The fly buzzed its wings.
to tell or spread (a rumor, gossip, etc.) secretively.
to signal or summon with a buzzer: He buzzed his assistant.
Informal. to make a phone call to.
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 about buzz
have / get a buzz on, Slang. to be slightly intoxicated: After a few beers they all had a buzz on.
Origin of buzz
1Other words from buzz
- buzz·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use buzz in a sentence
The image was normally kind of ghostly, and every time the network would post stats on the screen, the TV would get buggy and buzz loudly.
OpenAI’s text generating AI has gotten a lot of buzz since its release in June.
OpenAI’s GPT-3 Wrote This Short Film—Even the Twist at the End | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | October 23, 2020 | Singularity HubSimilarly, there’s been some quiet buzz around zinc, which is the main ingredient in the homeopathic therapy Cold-Eeze.
These are the best COVID-19 treatments right now | Claire Maldarelli | October 5, 2020 | Popular-ScienceOver the last year, buzz around ESG investing has grown significantly.
Sustainability: If your company has a great record, make sure investors hear about it | matthewheimer | October 2, 2020 | FortuneQuarles has one of the highest signal-to-noise ratios I’ve ever seen, equally passionate about her dog as she is about the latest buzz in business.
You should know the new CEO of this software company | Adam Lashinsky | September 29, 2020 | Fortune
So I begin polishing, Boyle begins to make preliminary drawings, and things are buzzing.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter much frantic buzzing about the lot, he's located and changes his plans at the last minute.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHana seeks refuge from the buzzing lights of Otome Road in a nearby café and makes another swirl with her straw.
Of course, the loud buzzing of such drones and towels being blown away would have been a dead giveaway to the pool girls.
Anatomy of a Drone Porn: ‘Drone Boning’ Makes Sex Look Like Art | Aurora Snow | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd there it was before my eyes—a real trip in those brain-buzzing LSD colors.
The big propeller-wings began to beat the air, and the sound rose to a keen buzzing.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonThey'd come buzzing out of those tents like hornets if we broke in now, in all probability.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur ChapmanHe'd like to go buzzing into San Jose behind the wheel of a car like the one Foster had fooled him into stealing.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerNow their rising tiers of seats were filled by a buzzing throng, rustling their silken mantles and satin bleaunts.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisThe gadfly does not immediately sting you; it begins by buzzing in your ears, and you do not at first know what it is.
The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete | Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for buzz
/ (bʌz) /
a rapidly vibrating humming sound, as that of a prolonged z or of a bee in flight
a low sound, as of many voices in conversation
a rumour; report; gossip
informal a telephone call: I'll give you a buzz
slang
a pleasant sensation, as from a drug such as cannabis
a sense of excitement; kick
(intr) to make a vibrating sound like that of a prolonged z
(intr) to talk or gossip with an air of excitement or urgency: the town buzzed with the news
(tr) to utter or spread (a rumour)
(intr often foll by about) to move around quickly and busily; bustle
(tr) to signal or summon with a buzzer
(tr) informal to call by telephone
(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
(tr) (esp of insects) to make a buzzing sound with (wings, etc)
Origin of buzz
1- See also buzz in
Derived forms of buzz
- buzzing, noun, adjective
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