Dictionary Entry
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.
4 letters · Scrabble 24 · Words With Friends 26 · 14 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive 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.
- 2transitive verb
To sound forth by buzzing.
- 3transitive verb
To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an under tone; to spread, as report, by whispers, or secretly.
- 4transitive verb
To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.
- 5transitive verb
To sound with a "buzz".
- 6noun
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.
- 7noun
A whisper; a report spread secretly or cautiously.
- 8noun
The audible friction of voice consonants.
- 9noun
a confusion of activity and gossip
"the buzz of excitement was so great that a formal denial was issued"
- 10noun
sound of rapid vibration
"the buzz of a bumble bee"
Synonyms
- 11verb
call with a buzzer
"he buzzed the servant"
- 12verb
fly low
"Planes buzzed the crowds in the square"
- 13verb
make a buzzing sound
"bees were buzzing around the hive"
- 14verb
be noisy with activity
"This office is buzzing with activity"
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