buzz
noun
a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.
buzzed
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past participleof buzz.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof buzz.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
buzznouna low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.
Example Sentences
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Barely a day later, he buzzed it all off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
And so, on a late morning in late August, I buzzed the seventh floor and rode the elevator straight into the belly of the beast.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
Social media buzzed with stories about how “magical” it was to get CDs in far-flung locations.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the main square, Lebanese soldiers used heavy machinery to remove rubble as drones buzzed overhead.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
I was escorted to a forty-by-forty-foot room where more than two dozen incarcerated men sat sadly while uniformed correctional staff buzzed in and out.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
