Dictionary Definition
buzzing adj : noisy like the sound of a bee; "the
room was abuzz over the latest scandal" [syn: abuzz, droning]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌzɪŋ
Verb form
buzzing- Present participle of to buzz.
Noun
- The action of the verb to buzz.
- The sound produced by something that buzzes.
- I can hear buzzing coming from the television.
Extensive Definition
Buzz may refer to:
In media:
- Buzz (comic), a British comic that ran in the 1970s
- Buzz (TV series), a Canadian comedy television series
- Buzz (film), a 1998 Israeli film by Eli Cohen
- Buzz (album), a 2000 album by British pop group, Steps
- Buzz (Guardian album), a 1995 album from Christian rock band, Guardian
- Buzz (band), a Korean pop/punk/ballad band
- Buzz Out Loud, a podcast produced by CNET starring Molly Wood and Tom Merritt
- Da Buzz, a Swedish pop music group
- Buzz!, a series of quiz video games
- Buzz (Keller Williams album), a 1996 album by Keller Williams.
- Buzz (Christian magazine), a British Christian magazine founded in the 1970s.
In technology:
- Jeskola Buzz, a modular software music studio environment
- Aeroelasticity or Flutter
- Yahoo! Buzz, a community launched by Yahoo! that publishes user posted news stories
Other:
- Buzz (airline), a discount airline formerly operating in Europe
- Buzz cut, American name for a type of haircut where the hair is sheared very closely to the scalp
- Buzz number, letter and number combination applied to U.S. Air Force aircraft after World War II
- Bizz buzz, a group word game
- Salt Lake Buzz, former name of the Salt Lake Bees minor league baseball team
Buzz may also be:
- A term used in word of mouth marketing
- Experiencing intoxication from drugs
- Buzz Aldrin (born 1930), American pilot and astronaut, second person to set foot on the Moon
- George Beurling (1921–1948), Canadian World War II fighter pilot nicknamed "Buzz"
- Buzz Hargrove (born 1944), National President of the Canadian Auto Workers trade union
- Buzz Kilman, Chicago radio personality.
- Buzz Osborne (born 1964), guitarist/vocalist/songwriter, founding member of The Melvins
- J. Buzz Von Ornsteiner (born 1967), American forensic psychologist and journalist
- Buzz, a host of the American children's television series ZOOM
Fictional characters with the name Buzz:
- Buzz (mascot), mascot of the Georgia Institute of Technology
- Buzz Lightyear, from the Toy Story animated movies
- Buzzbee, official mascot of the breakfast cereal Honey Nut Cheerios
- Buzz, from the Donkey Kong video game series
- Buzz Buzz, from the Super Nintendo game EarthBound
- Buzz, a Neopet from an online virtual pet site
- Buzz McCallister, from the Home Alone movie trilogy
- Buzz Buzzard,nemesis of Woody Woodpecker