Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - buzz

~1 v 1 »MAKE A SOUND« to make a continuous sound, like the sound of a bee  (The machine made a loud buzzing noise.) 2 »MOVE AROUND« a) to move around in the air making a continuous sound like a bee  (buzz around/round/about)  (A fly buzzed round the room.) b) to move quickly and busily around a place  (buzz around/round/about)  (I spent the day buzzing around town in Dad's car.) 3 »EXCITEMENT« if a group of people or a place is buzzing, people are making a lot of noise because they are excited  (Lineker had the crowd buzzing with excitement.) 4 sb's head/mind is buzzing (with sth) if your head or mind is buzzing with thoughts, ideas etc, your cannot stop thinking about them 5 »EARS« if your ears or head are buzzing you can hear a continuous low unpleasant sound 6 »CALL« I + for to call someone by pressing a buzzer  (I'll just buzz my secretary and ask for the file.) 7 »AIRCRAFT« informal to fly an aircraft low and fast over buildings, people etc buzz off ~  phrasal verb spoken 1 buzz off! used to tell someone impolitely to go away 2 to go away  (I've finished everything, so I'll buzz off now.) ~2 n 1 a continuous noise like the sound of a bee 2 the sound of people talking a lot in an excited way + of  (a buzz of anticipation) 3 informal a strong feeling of excitement, pleasure, or success  (give sb a buzz)  (You know Steve, driving fast gives him a real buzz.) 4 give sb a buzz informal to telephone someone 5 the buzz informal unofficial news or information that is spread by people telling each other  (The buzz is that Jack is leaving.)