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UK
/bˈʌz/
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[ US /ˈbəz/ ]
[ US /ˈbəz/ ]
NOUN
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sound of rapid vibration
the buzz of a bumble bee -
a confusion of activity and gossip
the buzz of excitement was so great that a formal denial was issued
VERB
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fly low
Planes buzzed the crowds in the square -
be noisy with activity
This office is buzzing with activity -
call with a buzzer
he buzzed the servant -
make a buzzing sound
bees were buzzing around the hive
How To Use buzz In A Sentence
- Second, at the same time, I'm somewhat surprised and mildly appalled that this story hasn't generated a lot of buzz in the blogosphere.
- A few weeks before the vote on November 7, the buzz goes, Cheney will announce his resignation, ostensibly because of signs of new trouble with his ticker.
- A steady stream of self-released mix tapes and videos - all adhering to the group's cartoonishly horrifying aesthetic, all a bit more deranged than the rest - increased the buzz and kept the conversation going. In concert: OFWGKTA at U Street Music Hall
- But anywhere else, the general buzz of the atmosphere would have sustained the crowd.
- CVG-Bauxilum's 'interim' president Alfredo Arcila says that he and CVG president Rodolfo Sanz "are alive and kicking!" yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'CVG-Bauxilum\'s \'interim\' president Alfredo Arcila says that he and CVG president Rodolfo Sanz "are alive and kicking!"' CVG-Bauxilum's 'interim' president Alfredo Arcila says that he and CVG president Rodolfo Sanz "are alive and kicking!"
- Jealous Liberal Journalists Attack Keith Olbermann yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Jealous Liberal Journalists Attack Keith Olbermann'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Lookout Keith Olbermann: now that you are more popular than Bill O\'Reilly in the cable news Neilson ratings, you must confront an even bigger monster, an even more tenacious adversary, an egomaniacally superior life-species: establishment liberal journalists.' Jealous Liberal Journalists Attack Keith Olbermann
- So maybe BP isn't the best example yet, but clearly businesses that embrace principles of social entrepreneurship--discovering how to "unstick" society when it has gotten stuck, by changing the system--are having widespread impact in making the new buzzphrase "social value" the litmus test for success for not only social entrepreneurs but profit-oriented businesses, too. Marian Salzman: Reinvention, Part II
- I couldn't swear to it, what with scissors snipping and buzzers buzzing, but I think the young lad was asking his dad why you still needed a haircut when you were going bald.
- Of course there's nothing wrong with necking a few beers and getting caught up in the buzz of the World Cup.
- The melodious chirps, chirrups, tweets, twitters and warbling notes from the winged visitors blend well with the incessant hum, buzz and drone of innumerable insects, to produce the effect of being inside a vast forest.