to buzz about
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3.4
- phrasal verb
- /bʌz əˈbaʊt/
- Informal
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comentar
- There's a lot of buzz about the upcoming concert, and tickets are selling fast.
- a lot of buzz about
- people are buzzing about
- create buzz about
Examples
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There's such a buzz about it now.
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There was a buzz about him within the music industry long before he was unveiled as a solo artist.
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There is huge buzz about this movie.
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There seems to be a buzz about Jean already.
Fiction book (1996) -
The whole house has been absolutely buzzing about your new pet.
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Everyone in town has been buzzing about these plates for years.
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There's a lot of buzz about it.
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There's a buzz about you.
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My board members are buzzing about McCoy's work.
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Off topic, in my community, people are buzzing about admission rates to colleges and universities.
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Synonyms
86
2.7
To talk quickly and without stopping about unimportant things
74
3.9
To tell people a story that may not be true
68
3.1
Tell many people about something so they know
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1.3
To talk about other people's private lives and share rumors
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4.1
To say that something is better or more important than it really is
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6.8
Talk about an idea or name without careful thought
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6.5
To talk quickly and excitedly in a way that is hard to understand
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6.1
Talk in a very excited way to praise someone or something
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6.5
To talk about something in an excited way
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7.1
To talk a lot about small unimportant things, often about other people
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5.6
To talk in an excited way about something you like
Antonyms
How Excited
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to talk excitedly about something' is directly derivable from combining 'buzz' (excited talk or rumors) with 'about' (introducing the topic), following a common verb+preposition composition. This is a productive, literal pattern found across languages and would be immediately interpretable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Buzz about may come from the image of bees: bees buzz and fly about a place, moving quickly from flower to flower. So, because people move from person to person talking quickly like bees, buzz about now means 'to talk excitedly' or 'to spread news'.