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.
- Slightly intoxicated.
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