buzz
buzz /b'ʌz/ (buzzes buzzing buzzed)
1 [VERB] V, V prep/adv
If something buzzes or buzzes somewhere, it makes a long continuous sound, like the noise a bee makes when it is flying.
The intercom buzzed and he pressed down the appropriate switch...
Attack helicopters buzzed across the city.
[N-COUNT; SOUND]
Buzz is also a noun.
...the irritating buzz of an insect.
● buzzing [N-UNCOUNT]
He switched off the transformer and the buzzing stopped.
2 [VERB] V adv/prep
If people are buzzing around, they are moving around quickly and busily. (WRITTEN)
A few tourists were buzzing about...
= race
3 [VERB] V around in n, V with n, also V
If questions or ideas are buzzing around your head, or if your head is buzzing with questions or ideas, you are thinking about a lot of things, often in a confused way.
Many more questions were buzzing around in my head...
Top style consultants will leave you buzzing with new ideas.
4 [VERB] usu cont, V with n, V-ing, also V, V prep
If a place is buzzing with activity or conversation, there is a lot of activity or conversation there, especially because something important or exciting is about to happen.
The rehearsal studio is buzzing with lunchtime activity...
...Hong Kong's buzzing, pulsating atmosphere.
5 [N-SING] usu N of n
You can use buzz to refer to a long continuous sound, usually caused by lots of people talking at once.
A buzz of excitement filled the courtroom as the defendant was led in.
...the excited buzz of conversation.
6 [N-SING]
If something gives you a buzz, it makes you feel very happy or excited for a short time. (INFORMAL)
Performing still gives him a buzz...
He got a buzz from creating confrontations.
7 [N-SING] oft N about n
If a place or event has a buzz, it has a lively, interesting and modern atmosphere.
The girls fell in love with Dublin on previous visits. They said that what they liked was the buzz about the place.
8 [ADJ] ADJ n
You can use buzz to refer to a word, idea, or activity which has recently become extremely popular.
...the latest buzz phrase in garden design circles...
Sex education in schools was the buzz topic.
9 [VERB] V n
If an aircraft buzzes a place, it flies low over it, usually in a threatening way.
American fighter planes buzzed the city.
1 [VERB] V, V prep/adv
If something buzzes or buzzes somewhere, it makes a long continuous sound, like the noise a bee makes when it is flying.
The intercom buzzed and he pressed down the appropriate switch...
Attack helicopters buzzed across the city.
[N-COUNT; SOUND]
Buzz is also a noun.
...the irritating buzz of an insect.
● buzzing [N-UNCOUNT]
He switched off the transformer and the buzzing stopped.
2 [VERB] V adv/prep
If people are buzzing around, they are moving around quickly and busily. (WRITTEN)
A few tourists were buzzing about...
= race
3 [VERB] V around in n, V with n, also V
If questions or ideas are buzzing around your head, or if your head is buzzing with questions or ideas, you are thinking about a lot of things, often in a confused way.
Many more questions were buzzing around in my head...
Top style consultants will leave you buzzing with new ideas.
4 [VERB] usu cont, V with n, V-ing, also V, V prep
If a place is buzzing with activity or conversation, there is a lot of activity or conversation there, especially because something important or exciting is about to happen.
The rehearsal studio is buzzing with lunchtime activity...
...Hong Kong's buzzing, pulsating atmosphere.
5 [N-SING] usu N of n
You can use buzz to refer to a long continuous sound, usually caused by lots of people talking at once.
A buzz of excitement filled the courtroom as the defendant was led in.
...the excited buzz of conversation.
6 [N-SING]
If something gives you a buzz, it makes you feel very happy or excited for a short time. (INFORMAL)
Performing still gives him a buzz...
He got a buzz from creating confrontations.
7 [N-SING] oft N about n
If a place or event has a buzz, it has a lively, interesting and modern atmosphere.
The girls fell in love with Dublin on previous visits. They said that what they liked was the buzz about the place.
8 [ADJ] ADJ n
You can use buzz to refer to a word, idea, or activity which has recently become extremely popular.
...the latest buzz phrase in garden design circles...
Sex education in schools was the buzz topic.
9 [VERB] V n
If an aircraft buzzes a place, it flies low over it, usually in a threatening way.
American fighter planes buzzed the city.