different between jangle vs buzz
jangle
English
Etymology
From Middle English janglen (“to talk excessively, chatter, talk idly”), from Old French jangler (“to chatter, gossip, bawl, argue noisily”), perhaps from Frankish *jangelon (“to jeer”) (compare Middle Dutch jangelen (“to whine”)) and ultimately imitative.
The music sense is said to derive from a line in the song Mr. Tambourine Man.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?æ?.??l/
- Rhymes: -æ???l
Verb
jangle (third-person singular simple present jangles, present participle jangling, simple past and past participle jangled)
- (intransitive) To make a rattling metallic sound.
- (transitive) To cause something to make a rattling metallic sound.
- (transitive) To irritate.
- To quarrel in words; to wrangle.
Translations
Noun
jangle (plural jangles)
- A rattling metallic sound.
- (music, attributive) A sound typically characterized by undistorted, treble-heavy electric guitars, characteristic of 1960s pop.
- Synonym: jingle-jangle
- (obsolete) Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Translations
Usage notes
- Somewhat harsher than jingle.
Derived terms
- ajangle
- jangle pop
- jangly
Related terms
- jingle
References
jangle From the web:
- what jangle mean
- jangle what does it mean
- what's jingle jangle
- what's jingle jangle in riverdale
- what is jangle pop
- what does jangle leg mean
- what is jangles the moon monkey used for
- what are jangles in new zealand
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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- what buzz means
- what buzzes
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- what buzzards eat
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