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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
/ ʌ /
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
- ˈܳԲ, nounadjective
Other Word Forms
- ܳ·Բ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of buzz1
Word 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
He added there was a "buzz in the air" and "perfect weather".
"It was a fantastic buzz, I maybe ran out of belief," recalled Davis.
"I don't think my phone has buzzed that much in my entire life," he said.
He got a taste for it down south but now has the opportunity to cash in on that buzz season on season.
“You come back to Edmonton, there’s some buzz in the city. There’s some buzz in the morning. We kind of got re-energized a little bit.”
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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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