a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.

a rumor or report.

Informal . a phone call

When I find out, I'll give you a buzz.

Slang .

a feeling of intense enthusiasm, excitement, or exhilaration

I got a terrific buzz from those Pacific sunsets.

a feeling of slight intoxication.

to make a low, vibrating, humming sound.

to speak or murmur with such a sound.

to be filled with the sound of buzzing or whispering

The room buzzed.

to whisper; gossip

Everyone is buzzing about the scandal.

to move busily from place to place.

Slang . to go; leave (usually fol. by off or along )

I'll buzz along now. Tell him to buzz off and leave me alone.

to make a buzzing sound with

The fly buzzed its wings.

to tell or spread (a rumor, gossip, etc.) secretively.

to signal or summon with a buzzer

He buzzed his secretary.

Informal . to make a phone call to.

Aeronautics .

to fly a plane very low over

to buzz a field.

to signal or greet (someone) by flying a plane low and slowing the motor spasmodically. ?

have or get a buzz on

Slang . to be slightly intoxicated

After a few beers they all had a buzz on.

noun

drone , fizz , fizzle , hiss , hum , murmur , purr , ring , ringing , sibilation , whir , whisper , comment , cry , grapevine * , hearsay , news , report , rumble * , rumor , scandal , scuttlebutt , talk , bumble , burr , whiz , bombilation , bombinate , bombination , buzzing , kazoo , tinnitus

verb

bombinate , bumble , drone , fizz , fizzle , hum , murmur , reverberate , ring , sibilate , whir , whisper , whiz , call , chatter , inform , natter , rumor , tattle , burr , gossip , hearsay , hiss , notion , phone , saw , scandal , telephone , whizz