MEANING
1. Produce a continuous low vibrating sound.
2. A sense of excitement or active discussion around something.
3. Call or alert someone, often using a telephone or buzzer.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- insects buzz
- machinery buzzes
On the page
The faulty light buzzed above the desk.
Word forms
- Base
- buzz
- Past tense
- buzzed
- Past participle
- buzzed
- Present participle
- buzzing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- buzz
- Present continuous
- am/is/are buzzing
- Present perfect
- have/has buzzed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been buzzing
- Past
- buzzed
- Past continuous
- was/were buzzing
- Past perfect
- had buzzed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been buzzing
- Future
- will buzz
- Future continuous
- will be buzzing
- Future perfect
- will have buzzed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been buzzing
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Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: buzz; buzzes; buzzed; buzzed; buzzing. Noun singular buzz; plural buzzes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: buzzes.
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