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buzz verb1. Also buz (infl. -zz-). LME.
[Imit.]
verb intrans. Make a humming sibilant sound like that of bees etc.; fly in, out, etc., with such a sound. LME.
b. fig. Flutter or hover (about, over, etc.) like a buzzing insect; move about busily. M17.
Swift Boys and wenches buzzing about the cake-shops like flies.
c. Go (quickly). Chiefly in buzz off. slang. E20.
verb intrans.
a. Mutter; murmur busily. Usu. derog. arch. M16.
b. Make the hum produced by many people talking; be filled with (or with) activity. M19.
Q. Bell Cambridge was..a place buzzing with ideas.
verb trans. Tell in a low murmur; whisper busily. arch. L16.
F. W. Farrar Buzzing their envenomed slanders into the ears of these country people.
verb trans. Spread as a rumour with whispering or busy talk. E17.
George Eliot Stories..beginning to be buzzed about.
verb trans. Assail by buzzing. Now spec. fly an aircraft fast and close to (another etc.). L17.
verb trans. Utter with, or express by, buzzing. M18.
Thackeray The professional gentlemen hummed and buzzed a sincere applause.
verb trans. Cause to make a buzz. E19.
verb trans. Throw swiftly or forcibly. colloq. L19.
verb trans. Signal or telephone by a buzzer; telephone. E20.