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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
-
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
- 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.
- 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 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
- 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!"
- 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.
- Diary Entry by Ross Levin (about the author) yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Action Alert: Money bomb today to fund a documentary about direct democracy, plus other activism'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'There\'s been a lot of talk about \'direct democracy\' since Obama was elected - about how his campaign involved people at a level never before seen in national politics, how his White House has been using online programs to get peoples\ 'input, and so on. OpEdNews - Diary: Action Alert: Money bomb today to fund a documentary about direct democracy, plus other activism
- But anywhere else, the general buzz of the atmosphere would have sustained the crowd.
- The bees are buzzing away among the flowers.
- He chased the unmigratory tropi-ducks from their shrewd-hidden nests, walked circumspectly among the crocodiles hauled out of water for slumber, and crept under the jungle-roof and spied upon the snow-white saucy cockatoos, the fierce ospreys, the heavy-flighted buzzards, the lories and kingfishers, and the absurdly garrulous little pygmy parrots. CHAPTER XV