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  • adjective Slightly intoxicated.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of buzz.

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Examples

  • The word buzzed through the group of dazed, frightened girls as they huddled together, squinting against the bright headlights, trying to turn things right side up in their minds.

    The First Evil R.L. STINE 1992

  • The word buzzed through the group of dazed, frightened girls as they huddled together, squinting against the bright headlights, trying to turn things right side up in their minds.

    The First Evil R.L. STINE 1992

  • The word buzzed through the group of dazed, frightened girls as they huddled together, squinting against the bright headlights, trying to turn things right side up in their minds.

    The First Evil R.L. STINE 1992

  • The word buzzed through the group of dazed, frightened girls as they huddled together, squinting against the bright headlights, trying to turn things right side up in their minds.

    The First Evil R.L. STINE 1992

  • Munchkin buzzed out on candy on Halloween night, but we let her think she had eaten it all, so after a major tantrum on the morning after, we were okay.

    Tried To Make Her Go To Rehab; She Said No, No, No | Her Bad Mother 2008

  • The line of Daniel Sedin, Brad May and Henrik Sedin buzzed around Osgood with 3 1/2 minutes left in the period without increasing Vancouver's lead.

    USATODAY.com 2003

  • "Ila", the name buzzed in his head like at trapped bee.

    Desicritics 2009

  • Interestingly enough, Alexander McQueen and Balenciaga topped the list of most - "buzzed" - about brands at Paris fashion week.

    Jezebel Jenna 2010

  • The mechanical sound of the ship’s AI buzzed from the walls in response, mechanical and staccato in a vaguely feminine way, Welcome back Chief.

    365 tomorrows » 2010 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010

  • Early in December, word buzzed around that "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" director Terry Gilliam was eying Robert Duvall to star in his next effort, the long, long-awaited "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote."

    Terry Gilliam Confirms Robert Duvall For ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,’ Nixes Johnny Depp » MTV Movies Blog 2010

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