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buzz

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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle English*bussen (suggested by Middle Englishbussyng(“buzzing”)), ofonomatopoeic origin. Cognate withScotsbizz(“to buzz”). CompareMiddle Englishbunning(“buzzing”),Middle Englishhossing(“buzzing”),Middle Englishbissen(“to hush”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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buzz (countable anduncountable,pluralbuzzes)

  1. A continuoushumming noise, as ofbees; a confusedmurmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
  2. Awhisper.
  3. Theaudiblefriction of voicedconsonants.
  4. (informal) Arush orfeeling ofenergy orexcitement; afeeling ofslightintoxication.
    Still feeling thebuzz from the coffee, he pushed through the last of the homework.
  5. (informal) Atelephone call or e-mail.
    • 1983 April 9, “Clearly Womyn's Space (classified advertisement)”, inGay Community News, page15:
      Now, don't waste time, give us abuzz -- quick! 825-4703 or 265-7881.
  6. (informal) Major topic ofconversation;widespreadrumor;information spreadbehind the scenes.
    • 1995,Amy Heckerling,Clueless, spoken by Cher (Alicia Silverstone):
      Mr. Hall? Thebuzz on Christian is that his parents have joint custody, so he'll be spending one semester in Chicago and one semester here.
    • 2006, Noire[pseudonym],Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.:One World,Ballantine Books,→ISBN,page103:
      I wasn't performing with Pimp and Smoove that much no more, but I had a solo deal with Ruthless Rap and a brand new mixtape that was creating a bigbuzz.
    • 2006 September 6, Daren Fonda, “Ford Motor's New Chief: "I Think It's a Tough Situation"”, inTime:
      In Detroit, thebuzz is that he's too nice a guy, unwilling to impose draconian job cuts at the risk of angering the UAW.
    • 2011Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
      Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Who's he?
      Patrick: He's only the most popular kid in school.
      Allen Gregory: Ah, the two heavyweights finally meet. Sure you're tired of all thebuzz. Allen Gregory DeLongpre.
      Joel Zadak: Joel...Zadak!
  7. (uncountable)Synonym offizz-buzz(“counting game”)

Translations

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continuous humming noise
whisper—seewhisper
audible friction of voice consonants
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Verb

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buzz (third-person singular simple presentbuzzes,present participlebuzzing,simple past and past participlebuzzed)

  1. (intransitive) To make a low, continuous, humming orsibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.
    • 1855 November 10, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Hiawatha’s Childhood”, inThe Song of Hiawatha, Boston, Mass.:Ticknor and Fields,→OCLC,page47:
      Ah! the singing, fatal arrow, / Like a wasp itbuzzed, and stung him [a roebuck]!
    • 1922,D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Holy Family”, inFantasia of the Unconscious, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer,→OCLC,page14:
      So that now the universe has escaped from the pin which was pushed through it, like an impaled fly vainlybuzzing: now that the multiple universe flies its own complicated course quite free, and hasn't got any hub, we can hope also to escape.
    1. (by extension) To utter amurmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.
    2. Of a group of people, to talk about some interesting topic excitedly.
    3. (chiefly of an insect) Tofly while making such a sound.
      A fly wasbuzzing past me.
  2. (colloquial) To show a high level of activity and haste,energization or excitement, to bebusy as a bee in one’sactions but perhaps mentallycharged.
  3. (transitive) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in anundertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.
  4. (transitive) To talk toincessantly orconfidentially in a low humming voice.
  5. (aviation) To fly at highspeed and at a very lowaltitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass.
    • 2013, The Economist,Stopping asteroid strikes: Defenders of the Earth‎[1]:
      […] an asteroid a mere 15-20 metres across exploded with the force of a medium-sized atom bomb over Chelyabinsk, in Russia, and another, much larger onebuzzed Earth a few hours later.
  6. (transitive) To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, orbuzzcut.
    • 2012, Ellen Hartman,Out of Bounds, page130:
      Deacon said, “You used to beg me to let youbuzz your hair when you were little.” “And then I grew up and realized how awful you looked when you buzzed yours.”
  7. (archaic,transitive) Todrink to the bottom.
    • 1849,The New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register:
      Hebuzzed the bottle with such a hearty good will as settled the fate of another, which Soapey rang for as a matter of course. There was but the rejected one, which however Spigot put into a different decanter and brought in[…]
  8. (transitive) To communicate with (a person) by means of abuzzer.
    • 2012, Steven Joseph Sinopoli,The Seventh House, page66:
      Then one day my secretarybuzzed me and said Frank Sinatra was on the phone. When I picked up the phone it was the Chief who played dumb and would not admit that he said he was Frank Sinatra.

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Translations

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to make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound
to show a high level of activity and haste
to communicate, as tales, in an undertone
to talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice
aviation: to fly at high speed and at a low altitude
to cut the hair in a close-cropped style
to drink to the bottom
to communicate by means of a buzzer

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishbuzz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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buzz m (uncountable)

  1. buzz(excitement)
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