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buzz
English
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?z, IPA(key): /b?z/
- Hyphenation: buzz
- Rhymes: -?z
Noun
buzz (countable and uncountable, plural buzzes)
- A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones.
- A whisper.
- The audible friction of voice consonants.
- (informal) A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication.
- Still feeling the buzz from the coffee, he pushed through the last of the homework.
- (informal) A telephone call or e-mail.
- (informal) Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.
- 2006 Sept. 6, Daren Fonda, "Ford Motor's New Chief: "I Think It's a Tough Situation"," Time:
- In Detroit, the buzz is that he's too nice a guy, unwilling to impose draconian job cuts at the risk of angering the UAW.
- 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
- Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Who's he?
- Patrick: He's only the most popular kid in school.
- Allen Gregory: Ah, the two heavyweights finally meet. Sure you're tired of all the buzz. Allen Gregory DeLongpre.
- Joel Zadak: Joel...Zadak!
- 2006 Sept. 6, Daren Fonda, "Ford Motor's New Chief: "I Think It's a Tough Situation"," Time:
Translations
Verb
buzz (third-person singular simple present buzzes, present participle buzzing, simple past and past participle buzzed)
- (intransitive) To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.
- 1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha
- Like a wasp it buzzed, and stung him.
- 1922, D. H. Lawrence, Fantasia of the Unconscious, ch. 2:
- So that now the universe has escaped from the pin which was pushed through it, like an impaled fly vainly buzzing, […] we can hope also to escape.
- (by extension) To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.
- Of a group of people, to talk about some interesting topic excitedly.
- (chiefly of an insect) To fly while making such a sound.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, ch. 20:
- The flies, lethargic with the autumn, were beginning to buzz into the room.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, ch. 20:
- 1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha
- (colloquial) To show a high level of activity and haste, energization or excitement, to be busy as a bee in one’s actions but perhaps mentally charged.
- (transitive) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.
- (transitive) To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.
- (aviation) To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass.
- 2013, The Economist, Stopping asteroid strikes: Defenders of the Earth
- […] an asteroid a mere 15-20 metres across exploded with the force of a medium-sized atom bomb over Chelyabinsk, in Russia, and another, much larger one buzzed Earth a few hours later.
- 2013, The Economist, Stopping asteroid strikes: Defenders of the Earth
- (transitive) To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.
- 2012, Ellen Hartman, Out of Bounds (page 130)
- Deacon said, “You used to beg me to let you buzz your hair when you were little.” “And then I grew up and realized how awful you looked when you buzzed yours.”
- 2012, Ellen Hartman, Out of Bounds (page 130)
- (archaic, transitive) To drink to the bottom.
- 1849, The New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register
- He buzzed the bottle with such a hearty good will as settled the fate of another, which Soapey rang for as a matter of course. There was but the rejected one, which however Spigot put into a different decanter and brought in […]
- 1849, The New Monthly Magazine and Universal Register
- (transitive) To communicate with (a person) by means of a buzzer.
- 2012, Steven Joseph Sinopoli, The Seventh House (page 66)
- Then one day my secretary buzzed me and said Frank Sinatra was on the phone. When I picked up the phone it was the Chief who played dumb and would not admit that he said he was Frank Sinatra.
- 2012, Steven Joseph Sinopoli, The Seventh House (page 66)
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:buzz.
Translations
Derived terms
- abuzz
- buzzword
Related terms
- buzz cut
- buzz saw
Further reading
- buzz on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From English buzz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bøz/, /byz/
Noun
buzz m (uncountable)
- buzz (excitement)
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burr
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /b?/
- Homophones: Burr, brr
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English burre, perhaps related to Old English byrst (“bristle”). Cognate with Danish burre, borre (“burdock, burr”), Swedish borre (“sea-urchin”).
Noun
burr (plural burrs)
- A sharp, pointy object, such as a sliver or splinter.
- A bur; a seed pod with sharp features that stick in fur or clothing.
- Synonym: sticker
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, X:
- But cockle, spurge, according to their law / Might propagate their kind, with none to awe, / You'd think; a burr had been a treasure trove.
- A small piece of material left on an edge after a cutting operation.
- A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.
- A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the grip, to prevent the hand from slipping.
- The ear lobe.
- The knot at the bottom of an antler.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic, influenced by bur. Compare to French bruire
Noun
burr (plural burrs)
- A rough humming sound.
- A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.
Translations
Verb
burr (third-person singular simple present burrs, present participle burring, simple past and past participle burred)
- (transitive) To pronounce with a uvular "r".
- (intransitive) To make a rough humming sound.
- 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Collins, 1998, Chapter 7,
- The first thing Lucy noticed as she went in was a burring sound, and the first thing she saw was a kind-looking old she-beaver sitting in the corner with a thread in her mouth working busily at her sewing machine, and it was from it that the sound came.
- 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Collins, 1998, Chapter 7,
Translations
Etymology 3
Origin uncertain.
Noun
burr (plural burrs)
- (historical) A metal ring at the top of the hand-rest on a spear.
Etymology 4
From burl.
Noun
burr (plural burrs)
- (Britain) Alternative spelling of burl
Albanian
Alternative forms
- bunnë (Gheg)
- burrë (Standard, Tosk)
Noun
burr
- (Gheg) husband
- (Gheg) man
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *buriz (“male offspring; son”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er- (“to bear, carry, bring”). Cognate with Old English byre, Gothic ???????????????? (baur).
Noun
burr m
- son
- (when preceded by genitive of j?rð) kenning for Thor.
- verse 1 of the Þrýmskviða, (1936 translation by Henry Adams Bellows)
- verse 1 of the Þrýmskviða, (1936 translation by Henry Adams Bellows)
- (when preceded by genitive of j?rð) kenning for Thor.
- poet
Declension
Synonyms
- (son): sonr
Descendants
- Icelandic: bur
References
- burr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Yatzachi Zapotec
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish burro.
Noun
burr (possessed xpurr)
- donkey
- donkey-load
Derived terms
References
- Butler H., Inez M. (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de Yatzachi: Yatzachi el Bajo, Yatzachi el Alto, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 37)?[6], second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 31
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