to bizz

Examples

• All

• Late at night the old motor would bizz whenever someone switched it on.

• The phone started to bizz quietly on the table, alerting her to a new message.

• The bee bizzed around the flower.

• What is that bizzing noise?

• A tiny insect began to bizz near my ear as I tried to sleep.

• The phone started to bizz quietly on the table, alerting her to a new message.

• Late at night the old motor would bizz whenever someone switched it on.

Synonyms

H

to hum

vsto bizz

42 1.0

Make a low steady sound like a machine

is a shorter brief buzzing rather than a steady continuous sound

W

to whirr

vsto bizz

24 6.7

To make a soft, steady buzzing sound often from things that move fast like fan blades

is a short low hum like a small motor rather than long vibration

D

to drone

vsto bizz

14 5.8

To make a long low steady sound

is a brief low humming rather than a prolonged monotonous sound

B

to burr

vsto bizz

1 7.9

To make a low buzzing or humming sound

is a shorter low buzzing rather than a long continuous sound

C

to churr

vsto bizz

• UK

1 9.9

Make a low, vibrating sound that repeats, like a bird or insect

focuses on a short low hum rather than a trilling vibration

B

to bombinate

vsto bizz

• Archaic

1 9.9

To make a low buzzing sound like bees

is typically a short quick buzzing rather than sustained noise

B

to bombilate

vsto bizz

• Archaic

9.9

Make a low buzzing sound like bees

is shorter and quicker rather than ongoing or sustained

How Loud

to drone

14 5.8

to buzz

77 1.1

to hum

42 1.0

to bizz

9.9

to purr

13 3.5

Surface Forms

Etymology