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🎉 Lively activity 🎉 To be lively 🐝 A humming sound 🐝 To make a hum 🔔 To use a buzzer ✈️ To fly low
buzz

buzz

64 1.0
A low steady sound like bees or a machine
  • noun
  • /bʌz/
translation icon : zumbido
  • The swamp was unsettlingly silent, save for the constant buzz of cicadas in the distance.
  • a fly's buzz

Yeah, it's it's it was a buzz and it's still going to continue to buzz.

Examples

  • Seth heard the sound of pots and pans, then ten minutes later the buzz-click from the dishwasher.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Sometimes you could hear the sound of a TV or the buzz of an air conditioner.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I was hearing the buzz that it really worked theatrically.

    Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025)

  • Oh, because with all the buzz around this, I think we could probably get a six-figure deal.

    Dream Scenario (2023)

  • Within two hours, the air was ringing with the metallic buzz of hundreds of males.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Pressing harder, she felt the warmth spin and buzz against the palm of her hand.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The cicadas screamed in the heat of the day, the buzz of their wings a wild cry.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • I would be half asleep in Santano's lap, listening to the buzz of Creole voices.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The men waved back, calling out hellos over the buzz-saw screaming of the outboard.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I heard a constant buzz coming from the beehive in the garden.

Synonyms

hum
vsbuzz
85 1.0

A low steady sound made by machines or many people

is the same continuous low tone but with stronger vibrating, insectlike quality
murmur
vsbuzz
36 4.1

A low, quiet sound made by people speaking softly or by small movements

is the same low noise but usually clearer and more insectlike
whir
vsbuzz
11 3.7

A soft, continuous sound made by something turning or moving fast

is comparable but typically slower and more low pitched
humming
vsbuzz
5 2.7

A low steady sound like bees or a machine running

is the same sound yet often feels more lively or vibrating
thrum
vsbuzz
2 7.2

A low, steady humming sound that you can hear

is similar yet lacks the clear rhythmic, beatlike quality
bombilation
vsbuzz
  • Archaic
9.9

A continuous low buzzing sound like bees make

is similar but can apply more broadly to vibrating objects
bombination
vsbuzz
  • Archaic
9.9

A low steady buzzing sound made by insects or machines

is the same low sound but not limited to vibration causes
hoom
vsbuzz
  • UK
9.9

A low steady humming sound heard in the background

is the same tone but may be nearer and more noticeable
zizz
vsbuzz
9.9

A constant buzzing sound from machines or insects

is the same low sound but less sharp and less mechanical

Antonyms

silence
660 2.0

A period with no sound or speech

Idioms

a lot of buzz
  • Literature
13 3.9

Strong excitement and attention from many people and the media

Compounds

buzz saw
1 4.4

A machine with a round metal blade that turns quickly to cut wood

buzz bomb
  • Archaic
1 9.4

A small jet-powered flying bomb used by Germany in World War II to attack cities

buzz of the crowd
4.4

A loud, excited noise and feeling from people at a live event

How Loud

roar
142 1.0
buzz
64 1.0
hum
85 1.0

Surface Forms

buzz singular
buzzes plural

Etymology

Buzz comes from copying the sound bees make, like 'bzzz', so it means a low, continuous humming sound.