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buzz

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noundroning sound

noungossip
verbmake droning sound
verbgossip

Word Origin & History

late 15c., echoic of bees and other insects. Aviation sense of "fly low and close" is by 1941 (see buzz (n.)). Related: Buzzed; buzzing. Buzz off (1914) originally meant "to ring off on the telephone," from the use of buzzers to signal a call or message on old systems. As a command, it originally would have been telling someone to get off the line.

Example Sentences for buzz

All the vast theater of the stand was a buzz of eager chatter.

And this work, with the buzz saw, took up every minute of his time.

Suddenly there was a hum and a stir and a buzz of whispering in the room.

And in the stillness you could hear the buzz of the motor and the yells of Augustus.

There was a buzz of interest all about me; then the place grew still—or stiller.

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Synonyms for buzz

noun droning sound

hum
murmur
whisper
drone
fizz
fizzle
hiss
purr
ring
ringing
sibilation
whir

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approach

verb. come nearer

advance
approximate
be comparable to
be like
bear
belly up to
border
buzz
catch up
close in
come
come at
come close
compare with
contact
converge
correspond to
creep up
draw near
equal
gain on
go toward
impend
loom up
match
meet
move in on
move toward
near
progress
reach
resemble
surround
take after
threaten
verge upon

approached

verb. come nearer

advance
approximate
be comparable to
be like
bear
belly up to
border
buzz
catch up
close in
come
come at
come close
compare with
contact
converge
correspond to
creep up
draw near
equal
gain on
go toward
impend
loom up
match
meet
move in on
move toward
near
progress
reach
resemble
surround
take after
threaten
verge upon

approaches

verb. come nearer

advance
approximate
be comparable to
be like
bear
belly up to
border
buzz
catch up
close in
come
come at
come close
compare with
contact
converge
correspond to
creep up
draw near
equal
gain on
go toward
impend
loom up
match
meet
move in on
move toward
near
progress
reach
resemble
surround
take after
threaten
verge upon

arrive

verb. come to a destination

access
alight
appear
attain
barge in
blow in
bob up
breeze in
bust in
buzz
check in
clock in
disembark
dismount
drop anchor
drop in
enter
fall by
fall in
get to
hit
hit town
land
make it
make the scene
pop in
pop up
pull in
punch the clock
reach
report
roll in
show
show up
sign in
sky in
take place
turn up
visit
wind up at

arrived

verb. come to a destination

access
alight
appear
attain
barge in
blow in
bob up
breeze in
bust in
buzz
check in
clock in
disembark
dismount
drop anchor
drop in
enter
fall by
fall in
get to
hit
hit town
land
make it
make the scene
pop in
pop up
pull in
punch the clock
reach
report
roll in
show
show up
sign in
sky in
take place
turn up
visit
wind up at

arrives

verb. come to a destination

access
alight
appear
attain
barge in
blow in
bob up
breeze in
bust in
buzz
check in
clock in
disembark
dismount
drop anchor
drop in
enter
fall by
fall in
get to
hit
hit town
land
make it
make the scene
pop in
pop up
pull in
punch the clock
reach
report
roll in
show
show up
sign in
sky in
take place
turn up
visit
wind up at

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