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countable and uncountable, plural buzzes
Obsolete form of buzz (“humming sound”). quotations examples
As soon as a general buz gave him shelter, he added, in a low voice directed at Fanny, […]
1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter XXV, in Mansfield Park: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […]
The buz of flies has been found no less difficult to explain than the hum of bees.
1831, James Rennie, Insect Architecture: Volume 3, page 90
Obsolete form of buzz (“counting game, fizz-buzz”). quotations examples
[…] and finally, laughing and all tired out, they stopped to rest and to think of some other game. They played “Buz” till they were rested, and then “Genteel Lady,” where every time a little girl made a mistake she had to have a lamplighter stuck in her hair.
1876, Ballou's Monthly Magazine, volume 44, page 590
third-person singular simple present buzzes, present participle buzzing, simple past and past participle buzzed
Obsolete form of buzz. quotations examples
Buz the bottle.
1817, Thomas Love Peacock, Melincourt