Buzzname

• 1

  A male given name, pet form of Busby

buzznoun/bʌz/

• 1

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

  • Immediately there was a ringing and a singing in the hills, and then a whispering and a lisping and a whiz and a buzz all about him, for the little people were now some whirling round and round in the dance, and others sporting and tumbling about in the moonshine, and playing a thousand merry pranks and tricks.
  • In the steady buzz of flies the homeward-bound agent was lying flushed and insensible[.]
• 2

  A whisper.

• 3

  The audible friction of voiced consonants.

• 4

  informalA rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.

  • Still feeling the buzz from the coffee, he pushed through the last of the homework.
• 5

  informalA telephone call or e-mail.

  • Now, don't waste time, give us a buzz -- quick! 825-4703 or 265-7881.
• 6

  informalMajor topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.

  • Mr. Hall? The buzz on Christian is that his parents have joint custody, so he'll be spending one semester in Chicago and one semester here.
  • 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 big buzz.
• 7

  Synonym of fizz-buzz (“counting game”).

buzzverb/bʌz/

• 1

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

  • Ah! the singing, fatal arrow, / Like a wasp it buzzed, and stung him [a roebuck]!
  • 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.
• 2

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

  • However these disturbers of our peace / Buzz in the people's ears.
• 3

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

  • But I tell you this has set all London buzzing. The old man is where he likes to be, with a pin-point limelight right on his hairy old head.
• 4

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

  • A fly was buzzing past me.
  • The flies, lethargic with the autumn, were beginning to buzz into the room.
• 5

  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.

  • The room was buzzing with excitement.
• 6

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

  • I will buzz abroad such prophecies / That Edward shall be fearful of his life.
• 7

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

• 8

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

  • buzzing around in small cars that dodged through traffic
  • […] 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 one buzzed Earth a few hours later.