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# buzz

«buzz» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make a long low humming sound like a bee or a fly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (buzz, buzzes, buzzed, buzzing); noun (a buzz, buzzes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To buzz is to make a long low humming sound like a bee or a fly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzz/#m1)

2) A buzz is that sound, or the sound of a doorbell, alarm or phone vibrating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzz/#m2)

3) To buzz is to press a buzzer, for example to let someone into a building. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzz/#m3)

4) A buzz is an excited, busy feeling: «There was a buzz in the classroom.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzz/#m4)

5) (informal) To give someone a buzz is to phone them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzz/#m5)

6) To buzz around is to move about quickly and busily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzz/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, bees and flies buzz because their wings beat very fast; sound is vibration. In everyday life, phones buzz, doorbells buzz, and quiz shows have buzzers. In stories, a «buzz» of excitement spreads before a big event. Phrases: «buzz off» (rude: go away), «give someone a buzz», «buzz with excitement», «buzz cut».

### examples

- The bees buzzed around the flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzz/#x1)
- A fly was buzzing at the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzz/#x2)
- My phone buzzed in my pocket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzz/#x3)
- Buzz me in when I ring the bell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzz/#x4)
- There was a buzz of excitement before the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzz/#x5)
- The school was buzzing with news of the snow day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzz/#x6)
- I'll give you a buzz later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzz/#x7)
- Press the buzzer if you know the answer! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzz/#x8)

### note

Double z: buzz, buzzes. An onomatopoeia: the word sounds like the noise. «Buzz off» is rude. Buzz Lightyear and Buzz Aldrin (the astronaut) are names. Safety: stay calm near buzzing bees and wasps; don't swat them.

### In the corpora

- [Brass players buzz their lips into the mouthpiece; blowing without buzzing gives just a hiss.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys/8/)
- [Brass players buzz their lips into the mouthpiece; the trumpet, trombone, horn and tuba are brass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/41-olympiad-music-puzzles/9/)
- [Bumblebees can buzz at a special pitch that shakes pollen out of tomato flowers, and farmers use them in greenhouses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/58-flowers-and-pollination/17/)
- [We cannot feel these buzzes, but many water animals can.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/231-electric-senses-eels-sharks-the-platypus-and-charged-bees/1/)
- [Onomatopoeia means words that sound like their meaning, like crash, bang, buzz and sizzle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way/23/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «buzz» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buzz/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.