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buzz: Meaning and Definition of
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buzz
Pronunciation:
(buz),
[key]
— n.
a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.
a rumor or report.
a phone call:
When I find out, I'll give you a buzz.
I got a terrific buzz from those Pacific sunsets.
a feeling of intense enthusiasm, excitement, or exhilaration:I got a terrific buzz from those Pacific sunsets.
a feeling of slight intoxication.
to be slightly intoxicated:
After a few beers they all had a buzz on.
—v.i.
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.
to whisper; gossip:
Everyone is buzzing about the scandal.
to move busily from place to place.
to go; leave (usually fol. by off or along):
I'll buzz along now. Tell him to buzz off and leave me alone.
—v.t.
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 secretary.
to make a phone call to.
to buzz a field.
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
Pronunciation:
(buz),
[key]
— n. Slang.
a man's very short haircut; crew cut.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary,
Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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