buzz
buzz is a 4-letter English word with 14 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 24 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To sound forth by buzzing.
- transitive verb. To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an under tone; to spread, as report, by whispers, or secretly.
- transitive verb. To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.
- transitive verb. To sound with a "buzz".
- noun. 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.
- noun. A whisper; a report spread secretly or cautiously.
- noun. The audible friction of voice consonants.
- noun. a confusion of activity and gossip
"the buzz of excitement was so great that a formal denial was issued"
- noun. sound of rapid vibration
"the buzz of a bumble bee"
- verb. call with a buzzer
"he buzzed the servant"
- verb. fly low
"Planes buzzed the crowds in the square"
- verb. make a buzzing sound
"bees were buzzing around the hive"
- verb. be noisy with activity
"This office is buzzing with activity"
Synonyms
bombilation, bombination, bombilate, bombinate, hum, seethe
Common word forms
buzzed, buzzer, buzzes, buzzing
Words from these letters
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