Buzz

v. i. [imp. & p. p. BUZZED; p. pr. & vb. n. BUZZING.] [An onomatopoeia; O. Eng. buz, a report or rumor. Cf. It. buzzicare, to buzz, to whisper.] To make a low, continuous, humming sound, as bees; hence, to utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.

However these disturbers of our peace Buzz in the people's ears. Shak.

v. t. 1. To sound forth, or make known by buzzing. How would he [a fly] hang his slender gilded wings And buzz lamenting doings in the air? Shak. 2. To whisper; to spread, as report, by whispers; or to spread secretly. They, knowing Dame Eleanor's aspiring humor, Have hired me to render mine the duchess, And buzz these conjurations in her brain. Shak.

n. 1. A continuous, humming noise, as of bees. “The constant buzz of a fly.” Macaulay.

2Sense 2. A whisper; a report spread secretly or cautiously; an active or general expression of opinion.

There’s a certain buzz Of a stolen marriage. Massinger.

There is a buzz all around regarding the sermon. Thackeray.

I found the whole room in a buzz of politics. Addison.