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  1. intransitive verb To make a low droning or vibrating sound like that of a bee.
  2. intransitive verb To talk, often excitedly, in low tones.
  3. intransitive verb To be abuzz; hum: The department was buzzing with rumors.
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hum ·  whine ·  rumble ·  clatter ·  drone ·  chatter ·  hiss ·  roar ·  whir ·  stir ·  click ·  vibration

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buzz:   buzzes ·  buzzed ·  buzzing
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  1. Middle English bussen, of imitative origin.

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  1. First in early modern English; formed, like equivalent biss, bizz (dial.), and hiss, hizz, q. v., and Italian buzzicare, whisper, buzzichio, a buzzing, in imitation of the sound. Cf. birr.
  2. from buzz, v.
  3. Origin obscure.
  4. Assumed singular of *buzzes, dial. pronunciation of *burses, double plural of bur. Compare dial. fur and fuzz for furze.
  5. Also buz: a vague use of buzz, v., in composition, implying something large, as in buzz-wig (q. v.), but sometimes written detached, as an adjective.
 

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