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buzzle

verb
/ˈbʌzəl/

Etymology

From buzz + -le.

  1. inherited from *bussen✻
  2. suffixed as buzzle — “buzz + le”

Definitions

  1. To buzz repeatedly or continuously

    To buzz repeatedly or continuously; whirr

    • 'It's here, you see, but we just ran out into the garden to tell Daddy the telephone was ringing, and it all went sort of fizzy and buzzled all over the stove.'
    • It buzzled and zipped behind the wastebasket; I lunged and stomped, my pooch belly heaving and my underarms waggling as John and Hattie cheered me on.
    • Butterflies plagued Plante before a game, and shivers buzzled between his shoulder blades.

  2. To cause to buzz

    To cause to buzz; flurry

    • Hold, hold, master, spare me for heaven's sake I remember my Lady Faddle, she once sent me of an errand; your compliments buzzled me and put it out of my head.

  3. A township in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States, named after Buzzle Lake.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA