Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Full of buzzing; buzzing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having a buzzing sound
  • adjective informal Being the subject of cultural buzz

Etymologies

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buzz +‎ -y

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Examples

  • I “woke up” feeling really relaxed, like I had just had a facial, kind of buzzy and happy.

    Hypnosis 2010

  • The term 'urban exploration' has a kind of buzzy-architecture student-elitist feel to it, as does framing the activity as a 'movement' as some urban landscape theorists and writers do.

    Urban Exploration Detroit weakyknee 2009

  • The term 'urban exploration' has a kind of buzzy-architecture student-elitist feel to it, as does framing the activity as a 'movement' as some urban landscape theorists and writers do.

    Archive 2009-06-01 weakyknee 2009

  • Friday 8th Buttolph, buttocks … Our pet theory-that New York Times restaurant critic Biff ( "One Star") Grimes went on hiatus to sulk about his section's "buzzy" hire of Nigella Lawson - is blown to smithereens!

    Eight Day Week 2002

  • Friday 8th Buttolph, buttocks … Our pet theory-that New York Times restaurant critic Biff ( "One Star") Grimes went on hiatus to sulk about his section's "buzzy" hire of Nigella Lawson - is blown to smithereens!

    Eight Day Week 2002

  • It feels like a hangover, kind of buzzy and awful.

    4/15/02 I had a tooth 2002

  • It feels like a hangover, kind of buzzy and awful.

    4/30/02 Today was a rare 2002

  • It did spend a lot of money on a social media marketing campaign - "Nokia's spokesperson emphasised they saw these kind of 'buzzy', fun applications as key to capturing column inches in the press and generating awareness in social media channels."

    The Register 2010

  • Google uses Buzz in its own real-time search results, which will show up in SERPs for many newsy or "buzzy" (if you will) queries, but Google is generally pretty good at keeping spam in its search results to a minimum.

    WebProNews Feed Chris Crum 2010

  • The zoom is relatively quiet, if a little 'buzzy' but as it can't be used while shooting video this isn't such an issue.

    Camera Labs and DSLR Tips latest news and reviews 2010

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  • buzzy's!

    January 30, 2007