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

49 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

16 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

1 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

7.9

To make a low buzzing or humming sound

is a shorter low buzzing rather than a long continuous sound

B

to bombinate

vsto bizz

• Archaic

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

C

to churr

vsto bizz

• UK

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

How Loud

to drone

1 5.8

to buzz

42 1.1

to hum

49 1.0

to bizz

9.9

to purr

6 3.5

Surface Forms

Etymology