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to buzz

to buzz

43 3.1
To be full of lively noise from people talking and moving
  • verb
  • /bʌz/
: bullir
  • Gearing up for the college football national title game, the fans are buzzing with excitement...
  • buzz with activity

So right now it's it's buzzing, it's electric.

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Examples

  • The café was buzzing with chatter as friends caught up over coffee.

  • The rookery buzzed with excitement.

    The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)

  • The whole town is buzzing with excitement.

    Fool's Gold (2008)

  • What's the buzzing noise on the other side of that door?

    Stranger at the Pentagon (2013)

  • Since the beginning of Western civilization, the markets of the Middle East have buzzed with activity.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The thick tropical night, buzzing with sounds, swallows us up.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Cypress Woods always looked like a beehive to anyone, buzzing with bustle and hustle.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • During the festival, the whole town was buzzing with excitement and laughter.

  • The office was buzzing with energy as employees prepared for the big presentation.

Synonyms

to hum
vsto buzz
11 3.5

Be full of people and noise from busy activity

is livelier and noisier, emphasizing energetic talking and movement
to seethe
vsto buzz
7 7.2

To be full of busy, noisy activity

implies milder friendly lively noise rather than intense turmoil
bustling with
vsto buzz
5 3.6

Full of people and busy activity

focuses more on continuous lively noise and talking than movement
buzzed with excitement
vsto buzz
1 4.7

Full of lively energy because people feel excited

describes ordinary noisy activity rather than excited anticipation

Antonyms

stillness
35 3.5

A time of complete quiet and no movement that feels calm

Idioms

a lot of buzz
  • Literature
10 3.9

Strong excitement and attention from many people and the media

Phrasal Verbs

to buzz about
  • Informal
26 3.4

Talk excitedly about something, often sharing news or rumors

to buzz off
  • Offensive
14 8.4

To tell someone to go away right away in a rude or angry way

Compounds

buzz saw
5 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
1 4.4

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

How Lively

roar
93 1.0
bustle
19 4.1
to buzz
43 3.1
hum
40 1.0
murmur
30 4.1

Surface Forms

buzz infinitive
buzzed past
buzzed past participle
buzzing present participle
buzzes third person singular

Etymology

Buzz meaning 'be full of lively noise' comes from that same humming idea — when a place has many small sounds it 'buzzes' with activity.