transcription, транскрипция: [ bʌz ]
( buzzes, buzzing, buzzed)
1.
If something buzzes or buzzes somewhere, it makes a long continuous sound, like the noise a bee makes when it is flying.
The intercom buzzed and he pressed down the appropriate switch...
Attack helicopters buzzed across the city.
VERB : V , V prep / adv
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Buzz is also a noun.
...the irritating buzz of an insect.
N-COUNT ; SOUND
• buzz‧ing
He switched off the transformer and the buzzing stopped.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If people are buzzing around , they are moving around quickly and busily. ( WRITTEN )
A few tourists were buzzing about...
= race
VERB : V adv / prep
3.
If questions or ideas are buzzing around your head, or if your head is buzzing with questions or ideas, you are thinking about a lot of things, often in a confused way.
Many more questions were buzzing around in my head...
Top style consultants will leave you buzzing with new ideas.
VERB : V around in n , V with n , also V
4.
If a place is buzzing with activity or conversation, there is a lot of activity or conversation there, especially because something important or exciting is about to happen.
The rehearsal studio is buzzing with lunchtime activity...
...Hong Kong’s buzzing, pulsating atmosphere.
VERB : usu cont , V with n , V-ing , also V , V prep
5.
You can use buzz to refer to a long continuous sound, usually caused by lots of people talking at once.
A buzz of excitement filled the courtroom as the defendant was led in.
...the excited buzz of conversation.
N-SING : usu N of n
6.
If something gives you a buzz , it makes you feel very happy or excited for a short time. ( INFORMAL )
Performing still gives him a buzz...
He got a buzz from creating confrontations.
N-SING
7.
If a place or event has a buzz , it has a lively, interesting and modern atmosphere.
The girls fell in love with Dublin on previous visits. They said that what they liked was the buzz about the place.
N-SING : oft N about n
8.
You can use buzz to refer to a word, idea, or activity which has recently become extremely popular.
...the latest buzz phrase in garden design circles...
Sex education in schools was the buzz topic.
ADJ : ADJ n
9.
If an aircraft buzzes a place, it flies low over it, usually in a threatening way.
American fighter planes buzzed the city.
VERB : V n