I found the whole room in a buzz of politics. Addison.
There is a buzz all around regarding the sermon. Thackeray.
2. A whisper; a report spread secretly or cautiously. There's a certain buzz Of a stolen marriage. Massinger.
3. (Phonetics)
Defn: The audible friction of voice consonants. H. Sweet.
BUZZARD Buz"zard, n.Etym: [O.E. busard, bosard, F. busard, fr. buse, L. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera.
Note: The Buteo vulgaris is the common buzzard of Europe. The
American species (of which the most common are B. borealis, B.
Pennsylvanicus, and B. lineatus) are usually called hen hawks.
— The rough-legged buzzard, or bee hawk, of Europe (Pernis
apivorus) feeds on bees and their larvæ, with other insects, and
reptiles.
— The moor buzzard of Europe is Circus æruginosus. See Turkey
buzzard, and Carrion buzzard. Bald buzzard, the fishhawk or osprey.
See Fishhawk.
2. A blockhead; a dunce. It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard. Goldsmith.
BUZZARD
Buz"zard, a.