Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to buzz
Participle: buzzed
Gerund: buzzing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | buzz |
| you | buzz |
| he;she;it | buzzes |
| we | buzz |
| you | buzz |
| they | buzz |
Perfect
| I | have buzzed |
| you | have buzzed |
| he;she;it | has buzzed |
| we | have buzzed |
| you | have buzzed |
| they | have buzzed |
Past
| I | buzzed |
| you | buzzed |
| he;she;it | buzzed |
| we | buzzed |
| you | buzzed |
| they | buzzed |
Pluperfect
| I | had buzzed |
| you | had buzzed |
| he;she;it | had buzzed |
| we | had buzzed |
| you | had buzzed |
| they | had buzzed |
Future
| I | will buzz |
| you | will buzz |
| he;she;it | will buzz |
| we | will buzz |
| you | will buzz |
| they | will buzz |
Future Perfect
| I | will have buzzed |
| you | will have buzzed |
| he;she;it | will have buzzed |
| we | will have buzzed |
| you | will have buzzed |
| they | will have buzzed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | buzz |
| you | buzz |
| he;she;it | buzz |
| we | buzz |
| you | buzz |
| they | buzz |
Perfect
| I | have buzzed |
| you | have buzzed |
| he;she;it | have buzzed |
| we | have buzzed |
| you | have buzzed |
| they | have buzzed |
Imperfect
| I | buzzed |
| you | buzzed |
| he;she;it | buzzed |
| we | buzzed |
| you | buzzed |
| they | buzzed |
Pluperfect
| I | had buzzed |
| you | had buzzed |
| he;she;it | had buzzed |
| we | had buzzed |
| you | had buzzed |
| they | had buzzed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would buzz |
| you | would buzz |
| he;she;it | would buzz |
| we | would buzz |
| you | would buzz |
| they | would buzz |
Perfect
| I | would have buzzed |
| you | would have buzzed |
| he;she;it | would have buzzed |
| we | would have buzzed |
| you | would have buzzed |
| they | would have buzzed |
Imperative
| you | buzz |
| we | Let's buzz |
| you | buzz |
Verbs conjugated like 'buzz'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'buzz'
buz,
bzz,
fuzz,
huzz,
baze,
bub,
buck,
bud,
budg,
buff,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1495, echoic of bees and other insects. Meaning "a busy rumor" is attested from 1605. Aviation sense of "fly low and close" is 1941. Sense of "pleasant sense of intoxication" first recorded 1935. The game of counting off, with 7 or multiples of it replaced by
buzz is attested from 1864.
Buzzword first attested 1946.
Buzz off (1914) originally meant "to ring off on the telephone."
Buzzer "apparatus for making loud buzzing noises" is from 1870.
2. From Middle English *bussen (suggested by Middle English bussyng (“buzzing”)), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Scots bizz (“to buzz”). Compare Middle English bunning (“buzzing”), Middle English hossing (“buzzing”), Middle English bissen (“to hush”).
Verbs referencing "buzz"
Japanese
バズる, Bulgarian
дизя.
Sample Sentences
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[...] It was amusing, too, when we had dined, and rattled down a steep pass, having no other moving power than the weight of the carriages themselves, to see the engine released, long after us, come buzzing down alone, like a great insect, its back of green and gold so shining in the sun, that if it had spread a pair of wings and soared away, no one would have had occasion, as I fancied, for the least [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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(flies buzzing ) (ominous music continues )
(The Caretaker)