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bizz

bizz

9.9
A short low buzzing sound from a small electronic device or insect
  • noun
  • /bɪz/
translation icon : zumbido
  • The insect made a soft bizz as it flew by.

Examples

  • The refrigerator gave a low bizz as it hummed through the silent night.

  • She heard a faint bizz coming from the old lamp in the corner.

  • A sudden bizz startled him as a fly zipped past his ear.

  • I heard a bizz coming from the old radio.

  • The refrigerator gave a low bizz as it hummed through the silent night.

  • She heard a faint bizz coming from the old lamp in the corner.

  • The insect made a soft bizz as it flew by.

Synonyms

buzz
vsbizz
64 1.0

A low steady sound like bees or a machine

is short in duration rather than continuous
humming
vsbizz
5 2.7

A low steady sound like bees or a machine running

is short rather than long and steady
zizz
vsbizz
9.9

A constant buzzing sound from machines or insects

is short and not continuously mechanical
birr
vsbizz
  • UK
9.9

A soft whirring sound made by something moving quickly

is short and low instead of coming from rapid motion

How Loud

roar
142 1.0
buzz
64 1.0
hum
85 1.0
bizz
9.9
murmur
36 4.1

Surface Forms

bizz singular
bizzes plural

Etymology

Bizz comes from the sound 'buzz', a word made to copy a noise like a small insect or a low motor. So a bizz is the short, low buzzing sound you hear from a device or insect.