Buzz

Definition: Buzz

Buzz

Noun

1. Sound of rapid vibration: "the buzz of a bumble bee".

2. A confusion of activity and gossip; "the buzz of excitement was so great that a formal denial was issued".

Verb

1. Make a buzzing sound.

2. Fly low; "Planes buzzed the crowds in the square".

3. Be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity".

4. Call with a buzzer; "he buzzed the servant".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "buzz" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)

Computing

Aerospace

Electrical Engineering

Literature

Physics

Slang

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Buzz

Drunkenness

Verb: get drunk, be drunk; Adjective: see double; take a drop too much, take a glass too much; drink; tipple, tope, booze, bouse, guzzle, swill, soak, sot, bum, besot, have a jag on, have a buzz on, lush, bib, swig, carouse; sacrifice at the shrine of Bacchus; take to drinking; drink hard, drink deep, drink like a fish; have one's swill, drain the cup, splice the main brace, take a hair of the dog that bit you.

News

Report, rumor, hearsay, on dit, flying rumor, news stirring, cry, buzz, bruit, fame; talk, oui dire, scandal, eavesdropping; town tattle, table talk; canard, topic of the day, idea afloat.

Publication

Verb: publish; make public, make known; (information); speak of, talk of; broach, utter; put forward; circulate, propagate, promulgate; spread, spread abroad; rumor, diffuse, disseminate, evulugate; put forth, give forth, send forth; emit, edit, get out; issue; bring before the public, lay before the public, drag before the public; give out, give to the world; put about, bandy about, hawk about, buzz about, whisper about, bruit about, blaze about; drag into the open day; voice.

Be published; be public, become public; Adjective: come out; go about, fly about, buzz about, blow about; get about, get abroad, get afloat, get wind; find vent; see the light; go forth, take air, acquire currency, pass current; go the rounds, go the round of the newspapers, go through the length and breadth of the land; virum volitare per ora; pass from mouth to mouth; spread; run like wildfire, spread like wildfire.

Crosswords: Buzz

What chance does a toy like me have against a Buzz Lightyear action figure (Toy Story; writing credit: John Lasseter; Andrew Stanton)

Buzz off (Days of Our Lives; writing credit: Claude-Marcel Richard)

Sorry Goose, but it's time to buzz a tower (Top Gun; writing credit: Ehud Yonay; Jim Cash)

Those creatures certainly picked the wrong house to buzz. (Raising Dead; writing credit: Kent R. Karemaker)

I'm Buzz Ravenal (Shag; writing credit: Lanier Laney; Terry Sweeney)

The buzz of this poison is taking me higher (Loser; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

I just did it for the buzz, oh (I Did It; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band)

LIFE'S A BEE WITHOUT A BUZZ (That's Good; performing artist: Devo)

I like a good beer buzz early in the morning (All I Wanna Do; performing artist: Sheryl Crow)

Buzz (2000)

The Bee's Buzz (1929)

Don't Monkey with the Buzz Saw (1914)

The Daily Buzz (2002)

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Books

• Buzz Lightyear: The Good, the Bad and the Robotic (Pictureback) (reference)

• Buzz Said the Bee (Hello Reader, Level 1) (reference)

• Frozen Drinks: With or Without the Buzz (reference)

• Team Lightyear (Disney/Pixar Buzz Lightyear of Star Command) (reference)

• The Doing of the Thing: The Brief Brilliant Whitewater Career of Buzz Holstrom (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (reference)

• Fuzz Buzz - Cats and Dogs as Friends (reference)

• Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears and Other Caldecott Classics (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Buzz Buzz (reference)

• Walking Off the Buzz (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (reference)

• Disney/Pixar Learning: Buzz Lightyear 1st Grade (reference)

• Disney's Buzz Lightyear 1st Grade (reference)

• WALT DISNEY Buzz Lightyear Action Game/Villains Revenge (Windows) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Braun Oral-B EB10-1 Power Toothbrush Replacement Brush Head, 1 Kids Refill, Buzz Lightyear (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Buzz Aldrin Stepping on Lunar Surface. Credit: NASA.

Buzz Aldrin on Lunar Surface. Credit: NASA.

Buzz Aldrin and the U.S. flag on the Moon. Credit: NASA.

Buzz Aldrin on the Moon. Credit: NASA.

The busy "B's", what buzz beneath the bonnet of Dame Democracy. Credit: Library of Congress.

Training high school boys to identify planes. If he makes the right contact, this student of Newark's Weequahic High School will hear a loud "buzz." Matching plane names with silhouettes is part of the aviation course offered young people at this school. Credit: Library of Congress.

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All these hopes were communicated from one to another in a sort of cheerful yet terrible whisper, which resembled the buzz of a hive of bees at war.

Black cherries and red cherries, full and sweet, and the birds eat half of each cherry and the yellowjackets buzz into the holes the birds made

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Business

However, these price differentials are being rapidly eroded by the arrival of “no frills” air carriers to Europe, such as Go, EasyJet, and Buzz, as well as heavy discounting by traditional carriers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "buzz": amplifier buzz ♦ buzz about ♦ buzz about uselessly ♦ buzz around ♦ buzz bomb ♦ buzz by ♦ buzz of approval ♦ buzz off ♦ buzz off! ♦ buzz saw ♦ buzz wine ♦ give smb. a buzz. Additional references.

Beginning with "buzz": Buzz-bomb, buzz-checked, buzz-free, buzz-giving, buzz-inducing, buzz-phrase, buzz-pop, buzz-terms, buzz-word, buzz-words.

Ending with "buzz": a-buzz, whirr-buzz.

Albanian

zukatje (drone, humming), zukat (drone, drum, hum), zukas, ndërhyrje (intercession, interference, interposition, intervention, intrusion, invasion, mediation), murmurimë (babble, burble, grunt, murmur, mutter), lëvizje (bustling, drift, flow, locomotion, motion, move, movement, removal, shifting, stir, traffic, transfer), gumëzhin (drone, drum, hum, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz), gumëzhimë (buzzing, drone, humming, murmuring, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz), gumëzhij (chug). (various references)

Arabic 

‏طن (boom, midriff, ring, whine, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz), ‏شرب حتى الثمالة, ‏أز (boom, fizz, ping, roar, sing, sizzle, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz), ‏أزير, ‏إشاعة (breeze, gossip, grape vine, hearing, hearsay, report, rumor, rumour, story, tale, word), ‏إنصرف بسرعة, ‏دوي (manual, noise, report, ringing, roar, thunder), ‏ضج (bore, din, make noise, resound), ‏مخابرة تلفونية, ‏طنين (bum, humming, ring, ringing, rumble, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz), ‏تلفن (call, call up, phone, ring up), ‏غمغم (mumble, splutter, sputter, throat), ‏غمغمة (muttering, splutter), ‏نشر إشاعة (inspire), ‏همس (breathe, hiss, murmur, speak, susurration, whisper, whispering), ‏جعله يطن. (various references)

Bulgarian 

високопарен термин, прелетявам много ниско над, пресушавам бутилка, пресушавам чаша, бръмча (boom, burr, drone, drum, ha, hum, ping, purr, ring, sing, whir, whirr), бръмчене (boom, burr, hum, humming, ping, purr, whir, whirr, zoom), жужа (murmur, whiz), повикване по телефона (call on the phone, ring), отивам си (be off, clear off, exit, get away, go, go away, go off, leave, off it, part, pass, piss off, pop off, pull away, push along, quit, remove, run along, sheer off, shunt, take off, walk away), слух (audition, breeze, bruit, hearing, hearsay, noise, report, reportage, rumor, rumour, scuttlebutt, speech, story, whisper, whispering, wind), високопарна дума, високопарна израз, шепна (breathe, murmur, whisper), шепот (burble, murmur, susurration, whisper), шум (ado, ballyhoo, bobbery, boom, clam, coil, discord, murmur, noise, noisiness, pandemonium, pother, rattle, reclame, row, sound, stir, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar), телефонирам (call, phone, telephone), разпространявам тайно, общо раздвижване. (various references)

Chinese 

蜂声, 電話鈴聲 , 嗡嗡 (drone, hum). (various references)

Czech

bzukot (drone, murmur, whir, whirr), bzuèet (drone, hum, whir, whirr), brnknout komu, vzrušení (arousal, emotion, excitement, flutter, kick, racket, state, thrill, upset), svištìt (speed, swish, whiz, zip), klep (tale), šum (hum, ripple). (various references)

Danish

vibrationer, summen, skratten (crackle, fizzing, screeching, sizzle, sizzling, spitting, sputtering), knas (crackling). (various references)

Dutch

snorren (hum, look, seek), razen (be infuriated, hum), gonzen (hum), brommen (hum, murmur, mutter). (various references)

Esperanto

zumi (hum). (various references)

Faeroese

surra (hum). (various references)

Farsi 

همهمه (Ruckus, Tumult, Uproar), نامشخص حرف زدن , وزوزکردن (Bombinate, Drone, Hum), وزوز (Drone, Zoom), ورورکردن (Babble), ورور (Prattle), اوازه (Air, Fame, Hearsay, News, Renown, Reputation), شایعه (Grapevine, Hearsay). (various references)

Finnish

surista (drone, hum, whir), surina (drone, hum). (various references)

French

bourdonner, ronronner, bourdonnement (buzzing in the ears). (various references)

German

summen (croon, drone, fizzling, hum, humming, purr, sing away, sing out, singing, sums, to buzz, to croon, totals), brummen (be kept in, be locked up, drone, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, hum, humming, mumble, mutter, to buzz, to drone, whir), surren (hiss, hum, humming, purr, to buzz, to whir, whir, zip, zoom), schnarren (clatter, creak, croak, make a uvular R, rasp), anrufen (appeal, appeal to, call, call up, challenge, hail, invoke, make a phone call, phone, phone back, phone in, ring, ring up, shout to, summon, telephone, to buzz, to invoke). (various references)

Greek 

βομβώ (boom, drone, hum). (various references)

Hebrew 

למלמל (babble, chatter, mumble, murmur, mutter, splutter, sputter, stammer), לזמזם (croon, drone, hum, whir, whirr), להתרוצץ (bustle, chase around, run around), זמזום (hum, humming, whir, whirr). (various references)

Hungarian

zúgás (bellow, boom, droning, hum, roar, roaring, rut, sough, susurrus, tinkle, whir, whiz, whizz, zoom), zümmögés (abuzz, drone, droning, hum, humming, singing, whirr), zsongás (droning), telefonhívás (call), kellemes érzés, kellemes élmény, hír (distinction, fame, news, novelty, oil, piece of news, reputation, rumor, rumour, something new, tidings, word), csörgés (bop, clank, clink, flutter, jingle, rattle), bizsergés (on pins and needles, pins and needles, prickle, tingle), berregés (burr, droning). (various references)

Indonesian

berdengung (drone, hum, resound, wail), berdenging (ring), mengiang (continually whine, hum), dengungan (bellow, drone, hum, propaganda, wail). (various references)

Italian

ronzio (buzzing, drone, hum, humming, rumbling, whir, zoom). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

羽音 (hum), バス発着場 (bazooka, depot). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

バズ , はおと (hum). (various references)

Korean 

잡음 (Catch). (various references)

Manx

thassaney (hiss, hissing, twitter, twittering), skianys (buzzing, wingbeat), sheean (clamour, fairy hill, knoll, noise, report, sound, tone), jean cronnane, jannoo cronnane (babble, whirr), cronnane (babble, drone, hum, purr, whirr), broo (bruise, contusion, cram, crunch, crush, grind, pounding, press, pressure, push, ring, squash). (various references)

Pig Latin

uzzbay.(various references)

Portuguese

zumbido (dog-bee, drone, fizz, hum, ringing, tingle, tinnitus, whirr, whiz, whizz), zunir (hum, whir, whirr, zoom), zumbir (bum, drone, fizz, ha, hum, sing, whirr, whistle). (various references)

Romanian

bâzâiturã, bâzâit (boo-hoo, drone, hum, ping, whimpering, whining, whiz), bâzâi (cry, drone, growl, grumble, hum, ping, whimper, whizz), bâz (whir), zumzet (buzzing, hum, murmur, zoom), zumzãi (hum), zbârnâi (drone, hum, tingle, twang, whirr, whiz), vâjâi (hiss, howl, rush, tingle, whirr, whistle, whizz), sfârâi (chirp, hum, roar, sizzle, sputter), scurge (drain, exhaust, gather, strain), ţiui (ring, tingle, whizz). (various references)

Russian 

жужжать (bumble, ping, whirred, whirs). (various references)

Scottish

srann (a snore, hum, snore, snort). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

brujati (peal), brujanje, zujati (drone, hum, whir, zoom), zujanje (buzzing, drone, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz), telefonirati (call up, phone, ring up, telephone), žagor (murmur). (various references)

Spanish

zumbido (bur, burr, buzzing, drone, hum, ringing, singing, tingle, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz). (various references)

Swedish

surra (drone, house, hum, lash, seize, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz, zoom), surr (drone, hum, whir, whirr, whiz, whizz). (various references)

Turkish

vızıltı (drone, hum, ping, sibilance, whiz, whizz, zing, zip), vızıldamak (drone, hum, ping, sing, whiz, whizz, whoosh), uğuldamak (boom, howl, hum, murmur, ping, roar, scream, sing, sough, whistle), telefon konuşması, telefon etmek (call, call up, give a ring, give a tinkle, give smb. a tinkle, phone, ring smb. up, ring up, telephone), telefon ederek çağırmak, fısıldamak (breathe, mutter, whisper), dızlama, alçaktan uçmak (hedgehop), çınlamak (clang, din, jingle, resonate, resound, ring out, sing, ting, tingle, tinkle). (various references)

Turkmen 

wazzyldy (drone), юyglama, юuwlamak (honk, hoot), hyzlamak (hum), gьwwьldemek (hum). (various references)

Ukrainian

метушня (ado, alarm, bustle, clutter, flurry, fuss, helter-skelter, hurly burly, muss, razzle, razzle-dazzle, romps, rough and tumble, splutter, stir, stirabout, to-do, turmoil, whirl), дзижчати (boom, chirrup, hum, ping, whir, whirr, zoom), плітка (dace, gup, noise), поширювати плітки, примха (caprice, fad, fancy, fantasy, freak, maggot, megrim, vagary, wantonness, whim, whimsey, whimsy), пурхати, дзижчання (boom, booming, hum, humming, ping, whir, whirr), атакувати з повітря, снувати (weave), гомін (babble, charm, chirm, clabber, clamor, clamour, hullabaloo, hum, jangle, noise), гудіння (boom, booming, hum, whir, whirr, zoom), гудіти (beep, boom, hoot, zoom), кидати (abandon, aim, cast, chop, chuck, dart, dash, depart, desert, desolate, elance, fall away, fling, pack in, pelt, pitch, plonk, project, sling, throw, throw down, throw up, toss), шип (barb, bur, calk, nib, prick, prickle, tenon), шастати (skirr, weave), бурчати (beef, begrudge, carp, croak, groan, grouch, growl, grunt, mutter, nag, natter, rumble, scold). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tiếng rì rầm (murmur). (various references)

Welsh

suo (hum, hush, lull), su (hum, murmur), si (murmur, whiz). (various references)

susurrabant, susurrio, susurro. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "buzz": buzzard, buzzards, buzzed, buzzer, buzzers, buzzes, buzzing, buzzwig, buzzwigs, buzzword, buzzwords. (additional references)

Words ending with "buzz": abuzz. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Buzz" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bauz, Bazz, Bazza, bizz, Bizzi, bizzo, bizzy, Bouaziz, bouz, bouzzy, boz, bozz, Bozza, Bozzi, Bozzy, bunz, buoz, burz, butz, buza, buze, buzi, Buzu, buzy, Buzzi, buzzy, buzzzz, bz, luzzu, muzz, obizzi, obuzz, puzz, uzz. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

+1 letter: abuzz.

+2 letters: buzzed, buzzer, buzzes.

+3 letters: buzzard, buzzers, buzzing, buzzwig.

+4 letters: bemuzzle, buzzards, buzzwigs, buzzword.

+5 letters: bemuzzled, bemuzzles, buzzwords.