Buzz

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Buzz \Buzz\ (b[u^]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Buzzed} (b[u^]zd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Buzzing}.] [An onomatop[oe]ia.]
     To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like
     that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a
     murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.
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           Like a wasp is buzzed, and stung him.    --Longfellow.
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           However these disturbers of our peace
           Buzz in the people's ears.               --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Buzz \Buzz\, v. t.
     1. To sound forth by buzzing. --Shak.
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     2. To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an under tone; to
        spread, as report, by whispers, or secretly.
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              I will buzz abroad such prophecies
              That Edward shall be fearful of his life. --Shak.
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     3. To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming
        voice. [Colloq.]
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     4. (Phonetics) To sound with a "buzz". --H. Sweet.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Buzz \Buzz\, n.
     1. A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused
        murmur, as of general conversation in low tones, or of a
        general expression of surprise or approbation. "The
        constant buzz of a fly." --Macaulay.
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              I found the whole room in a buzz of politics.
                                                    --Addison.
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              There is a buzz all around regarding the sermon.
                                                    --Thackeray.
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     2. A whisper; a report spread secretly or cautiously.
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              There's a certain buzz
              Of a stolen marriage.                 --Massinger.
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     3. (Phonetics) The audible friction of voice consonants. --H.
        Sweet.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  buzz
       n 1: sound of rapid vibration; "the buzz of a bumble bee" [syn: {bombilation},
             {bombination}]
       2: a confusion of activity and gossip; "the buzz of excitement
          was so great that a formal denial was issued"
       v 1: make a buzzing sound; "bees were buzzing around the hive"
            [syn: {bombinate}, {bombilate}]
       2: fly low; "Planes buzzed the crowds in the square"
       3: be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with
          activity" [syn: {hum}, {seethe}]
       4: call with a buzzer; "he buzzed the servant"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  279 Moby Thesaurus words for "buzz":
     DDD, Indian file, alert, array, articulation, assibilate,
     assibilation, bank, bark, bawl, belch, bellow, birr, blare, blat,
     blubber, bombilate, bombinate, boom, bray, breathe, bruit, bum,
     bumble, burr, bustle, busy signal, buzz, buzz about, cackle, call,
     call up, canard, catena, catenation, caw, chain, chain reaction,
     chaining, chant, chirp, chirr, clang, clangor, clank, clash,
     common talk, concatenation, confide, confide to, connection,
     consecution, continuum, coo, course, craunch, croak, crow, crump,
     crunch, cry, cycle, descent, dial, dial tone,
     direct distance dialing, drawl, drone, effervesce, effervescence,
     effervescing, endless belt, endless round,
     entrust with information, exclaim, ferment, file, filiation, fizz,
     fizzle, fizzling, flute, flutter, flying rumor, frication,
     frictional rustling, fuss, gamut, gasp, give a ring,
     give confidential information, gossip, gradation, grapevine, grind,
     groan, growl, grumble, grunt, hang up, hearsay, hedgehop, high,
     hiss, hissing, hold the phone, hum, hurry about, hush, hushing,
     idea afloat, jangle, jar, keen, kick, latrine rumor, let in on,
     let next to, lilt, line, lineage, lisp, listen in, local call,
     long distance, long-distance call, make a call, make a fuss,
     mention privately, mobile call, monotone, mumble, murmur, mutter,
     news stirring, nexus, on-dit, pant, paresthesia, pendulum,
     periodicity, person-to-person call, phone, phone call,
     pins and needles, pipe, plenum, powder train, prickle, prickles,
     prickling, progression, purr, put hep, put next to, queue, range,
     rank, rasp, recurrence, report, reticulation, rhonchus, ring,
     ring off, ring up, roar, roorback, rotation, round, routine, row,
     rumble, rumor, run, rush about, rush around, scale, scranch,
     scrape, scratch, scream, screech, scrunch, scuttlebutt, sensation,
     sequence, series, shriek, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate,
     sibilation, siffle, sigh, sigmatism, signal, sing, single file,
     siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, snap, snarl, sneeze,
     sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, sob,
     spectrum, spit, splutter, sputter, squall, squash, squawk, squeal,
     squelch, squish, station-to-station call, sternutation, stertor,
     stimulation, sting, stinging, stir, string, strum, succession,
     summon, swath, swish, talk, tear around, telephone, telephone call,
     thread, thrill, thrum, thunder, tier, tingle, tingling, tip,
     tip off, toll call, town talk, train, trumpet, twang,
     unconfirmed report, undercurrent, urtication, wail, warble, wheeze,
     whine, whir, whish, whisper, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz,
     whiz about, whoosh, windrow, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, zip
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  buzz vi. 1. Of a program, to run with no indication of progress and
     perhaps without guarantee of ever finishing; esp. said of programs
     thought to be executing tight loops of code. A program that is buzzing
     appears to be {catatonic}, but never gets out of catatonia, while a
     buzzing loop may eventually end of its own accord. "The program buzzes
     for about 10 seconds trying to sort all the names into order." See
     {spin}; see also {grovel}. 2. [ETA Systems] To test a wire or printed
     circuit trace for continuity, esp. by applying an AC rather than DC
     signal. Some wire faults will pass DC tests but fail an AC buzz test. 3.
     To process an array or list in sequence, doing the same thing to each
     element. "This loop buzzes through the tz array looking for a terminator
     type."
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  buzz
       
          1. Of a program, to run with no indication of progress and
          perhaps without guarantee of ever finishing; especially said
          of programs thought to be executing a {tight loop} of code.  A
          program that is buzzing appears to be {catatonic}, but never
          gets out of catatonia, while a buzzing loop may eventually end
          of its own accord.  "The program buzzes for about 10 seconds
          trying to sort all the names into order."  See {spin}; see
          also {grovel}.
       
          2. [ETA Systems] To test a wire or printed circuit trace for
          continuity by applying an AC rather than DC signal.  Some wire
          faults will pass DC tests but fail a buzz test.
       
          3. To process an {array} or list in sequence, doing the same
          thing to each element.  "This loop buzzes through the tz array
          looking for a terminator type."
       
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