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Buzz   /bəz/   Listen
noun
Buzz  n.  
1.
A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones, or of a general expression of surprise or approbation. "The constant buzz of a fly." "I found the whole room in a buzz of politics." "There is a buzz all around regarding the sermon."
2.
A whisper; a report spread secretly or cautiously. "There's a certain buzz Of a stolen marriage."
3.
(Phonetics) The audible friction of voice consonants.



verb
Buzz  v. t.  
1.
To sound forth by buzzing.
2.
To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an under tone; to spread, as report, by whispers, or secretly. "I will buzz abroad such prophecies That Edward shall be fearful of his life."
3.
To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice. (Colloq.)
4.
(Phonetics) To sound with a "buzz".



Buzz  v. i.  (past & past part. buzzed; pres. part. buzzing)  To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice. "Like a wasp is buzzed, and stung him." "However these disturbers of our peace Buzz in the people's ears."






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"Buzz" Quotes from Famous Books



... thumping and jingling, pipes squeaking, watchmen's-rattles clacking, penny-trumpets and tin horns shrilling, and the sharpest whistles shrieking everywhere. Besides this, there are the din of voices, screams of laughter, and the confused burr and buzz of a great crowd. On all sides you are saluted by the strangest noises. Instead of being spoken to, you are whistled at. Companies of people are marching together in platoons, or piercing through the crowd in long files, and dancing and blowing like mad on their ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 27, January, 1860 • Various

... from the clouds, a radiant stream, Tips with etherial dew the mountain's brim. Th' unfolding roses, and the op'ning flow'rs Imbibe the dew, and strew the varied bow'rs, Diffuse nectarious sweets around, and glow With all the colours of the show'ry bow The industrious bees their balmy toil renew, Buzz o'er the field, and sip the rosy dew. But yonder comes th'illustrious God of day, Invests the east, and gilds the etherial way; The groves rejoice, the feather'd nations sing, Echo the ...
— The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant • John Hamilton Moore

... came in a buzz, like a wopses nest. And then Egerton said it was rows, rows, rows all day long, and he should hook it off and get a situation. It is rows, rows, rows, so it's no use pretending it isn't. But it always comes round ...
— Somehow Good • William de Morgan

... Visitors come into the room and say to such a person, "How can you stand this for many minutes at a time?" and the librarian looks round in surprise at the idea of there being anything hard to bear when she hears only the little buzz that means to her hundreds of little ones at the most susceptible age, eagerly, happily absorbing the ennobling ideals, the poetic fancies, the craving for knowledge that are going to make them better men and women ...
— Library Work with Children • Alice I. Hazeltine

... while his instructions were hastily carried out, then laid the suitcase on the table, drew up a chair and sat down. The buzz of excited conversation among the students hushed. They stared at him in anticipatory silence. It appeared that the evening's surprises were not yet over—and they were ...
— Ham Sandwich • James H. Schmitz


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