a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.
Informal. a rumor or report: There's a buzz going around that he'll soon be fired.
Informal. a phone call: When I find out, I'll give you a buzz.
Slang.
a feeling of intense enthusiasm, interest, excitement, or exhilaration: I get a terrific buzz from those Pacific sunsets.Their ads are generating plenty of buzz.
a feeling of slight intoxication or overstimulation from liquor or drugs: Too much caffeine gives me a buzz.
verb (used without object)
to make a low, vibrating, humming sound.
to speak or murmur with such a sound.
to be filled with the sound of buzzing or whispering: The room buzzed.
to whisper; gossip: Everyone is buzzing about the scandal.
to move busily from place to place.
Slang. to go; leave (usually followed by off or along): I'll buzz along now. Tell him to buzz off and leave me alone.
verb (used with object)
to make a buzzing sound with: The fly buzzed its wings.
to tell or spread (a rumor, gossip, etc.) secretively.
to signal or summon with a buzzer: He buzzed his assistant.
Informal. to make a phone call to.
Aeronautics.
to fly a plane very low over: to buzz a field.
to signal or greet (someone) by flying a plane low and slowing the motor spasmodically.
Idioms for buzz
have / get a buzz on, Slang. to be slightly intoxicated: After a few beers they all had a buzz on.
Origin of buzz
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First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English busse; imitative
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The Brooklyn native, born Bashar Barakah Jackson, was generating a noteworthy buzz shortly before several men broke into the Los Angeles home where he was staying and shot him to death, according to recent arrest reports, in February.
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That could allow an elephant to get a buzz from eating a smaller amount of fermented fruit, Melin says.
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The exposure and buzz from Short Term have raised her profile considerably.
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All this buzz, the continued tabloid fascination with Hurley, is down—absurdly—to that dress.