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buzzed

/bʌzd/

verb

Meaning

  • To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.

  • To show a high level of activity and haste (alluding to the common simile "busy as a bee"). Often in the colloquial imperative "Buzz off!"

  • To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.

  • To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice.

  • To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass.

  • To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut.

  • To drink to the bottom.

  • To communicate with (a person) by means of a buzzer.

adjective

Meaning

  • Slightly intoxicated.