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buzz
[ buhz ]
noun
- 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: Their ads are generating plenty of buzz.
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.
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.
Everyone is buzzing about the scandal.
- to move busily from place to place.
- Slang. to go; leave (usually followed by off or along ): Tell him to buzz off and leave me alone.
I'll buzz along now.
Tell him to buzz off and leave me alone.
verb (used with object)
- 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.
buzz
/ ²úÊŒ³ú /
noun
- 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
verb
- 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)
- introften foll byabout to move around quickly and busily; bustle
- tr to signal or summon with a buzzer
- informal.tr to call by telephone
- informal.tr
- 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)
Derived Forms
- ˈ²ú³Ü³ú³ú¾±²Ô²µ, nounadjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²ú³Ü³ú³ú·¾±²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of buzz1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of buzz1
Idioms and Phrases
- have / get a buzz on, Slang. to be slightly intoxicated:
After a few beers they all had a buzz on.
Example Sentences
The question is: Was there ever anything more than buzz?
It created a buzz across Indian cities and even internationally, with opening-day shows being sold out.
It’s cynicism, not a healthy democracy, that allows politicians from both sides to get buzzed at the same place while the country’s about to burn.
At the time of his “Today†appearance, Coulier had lost only “a little bit of hair†but managed to pull off a close-cropped buzz cut.
At the Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, social media buzz pushed the independent theater to a record-breaking first quarter.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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