buzz

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[[t]bʌz[/t]]

n.

1) a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees or machinery

2) a rumor or report

3) inf Informal. a phone call

4) cvb sts Slang.

a feeling of exhilaration or pleasant intoxication

5) to make a low, vibrating, humming sound

6) to be filled with such a sound

7) to whisper; gossip:

The town is buzzing about the scandal[/ex]

8) to move busily from place to place

9) sts Slang. to leave (usu. fol. by off)

10) to cause to buzz:

The fly buzzed its wings[/ex]

11) to tell or spread secretively

12) to signal or summon with a buzzer

13) inf Informal. to make a phone call to

14) to fly a plane very low over

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Etymology: 1350–1400; ME bussen; imit. buzz′ing•ly, adv. II

buzz

[[t]bʌz[/t]] n.

cvb sl. a crew cut

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Etymology: orig. uncert.