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buzz
verb- to telephone someone; to summon someone by buzzer US, 1929
- One night, when we were drinking in a saloon after a crap game, George buzzed the bartender and asked for the key to the piano in the back room. — Milton Mezzrow, Really the Blues, pp. 24–25, 1946
- That’s why you buzzed me so fast. — Mickey Spillane, I, The Jury, p. 10, 1947
- I buzz the attendant and he tells me that he notes the license number of every car he parks[.] — Gerald Petievich, To Die in Beverly Hills, p. 229, 1983
- When I got there, I buzzed her for at least five minutes. — Sandra Bernhard, Confessions of a Pretty Lady, p. 100, 1988
- She buzzes through and tells Mr. Perrea I’m outside[.] — Robert Campbell, The Cat’s Meow, p. 147, 1988
- A few days later the guy comes back and this time Tommy’s there. She buzzes him, says the guy’s here who left the photo. — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 183, 1999
- to call for someone US
- For three or four days I lived on fluids, and I got so raving hungry I was ready to chew on the bedclothes. Finally I buzzed Big Buster, a colored boy who worked in the hospital kitchen, and he took pity on me. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 38, 1946
- to leave UK, 1914
A variant is “buzz off”. - As you see, I am off to a shindig. Late already. So if you don’t mind, I’ll buzz. — John Burke and Stuart Douglass, The Boys, p. 58, 1962
- You got the message, buzz off. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 128, 1975
- Buzz off! — Monty Python, Life of Brian, 1979
- to kiss someone US
- — Lou Shelly, Hepcats Jive Talk Dictionary, p. 8, 1945
- to feel pleasurable sensations resulting from drug use UK, 1992
- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 32, 1996
- I was proper buzzing[.] — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 4, 2000
- to engage in solvent abuse UK: SCOTLAND
- He just started buzzin because there’s nothin else to do round here. — Michael Munro, The Original Patter, 1985
- to pick pockets UK, 1812
- — David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977
- to snatch a woman’s purse US
- — Hyman E. Goldin et al., Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, p. 38, 1950
- to fly very close to an object US, 1944
- I am told that Soviet fighter planes are buzzing our air lift. — Philip Wylie, Opus 21, p. 146, 1949
- When he flew his plane behind a waterfall, then buzzed the diamond and broke up a baseball game. — Elaine Shepard, The Doom Pussy, p. 57, 1967
- (used of a computer program or operation) to run without any sign of progress US
- — CoEvolution Quarterly, p. 27, Spring 1981
- — Guy L. Steele et al., The Hacker’s Dictionary, p. 39, 1983
- to activate a remote device unlocking a door US
From the buzzing sound the device often makes. - I’m always afraid of those stores where they have to buzz you in. I’m concerned they won’t buzz me in. Then I’ll just have to stand there feeling like shit. — Chris Rock, Rock This!, p. 11, 1997
- to anger someone; to alienate someone; to annoy US
- It’s your brother. I don’t want to buzz him, you understand. — Hal Ellson, The Golden Spike, p. 30, 1952
- of music, to become lively and energetic UK
- The Geils band really began to buzz after their third number. — Melody Maker, 8 July 1972
- to feel the effects of drug intoxication UK, 1992
- She was also buzzing, having taken three Eskatrol pills—amphetamines—before she left Miami. — Vanity Fair, p. 106, November 1993
▶ be buzzing
to be happening US, 1941
A criminal context.- — Frank Norman, Encounter, 1959
▶ buzz around the barrel
to eat a snack US- — Harold Wentorth and Stuart Berg Flexner, Dictionary of American Slang, p. 82, 1960
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