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buzz🔊

A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.

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In the steady buzz of flies the homeward-bound agent was lying flushed and insensible[.]

A whisper.

The audible friction of voiced consonants.

(informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.

(informal) A telephone call or e-mail.

(informal) Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.

Fizz-buzz (counting game).

To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.

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So that now the universe has escaped from the pin which was pushed through it, like an impaled fly vainly buzzing: now that the multiple universe flies its own complicated course quite free, and hasn't got any hub, we can hope also to escape.
Ah! the singing, fatal arrow, / Like a wasp it buzzed, and stung him [a roebuck]!

(by extension) To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.

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However these disturbers of our peace / Buzz in the people's ears.

Of a group of people, to talk about some interesting topic excitedly.

(chiefly of an insect) To fly while making a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound.

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The flies, lethargic with the autumn, were beginning to buzz into the room.

(colloquial) To show a high level of activity and haste, energization or excitement, to be busy as a bee in one’s actions but perhaps mentally charged.

To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.

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I will buzz abroad such prophecies / That Edward shall be fearful of his life.

To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.

(aviation) To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass.

To cut (the hair) in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.

To throw swiftly.

(archaic) To drink to the bottom.

To communicate with (a person) by means of a buzzer.