buzzy

adjective

ˈbə-zē 

buzzier; buzziest

1

: making a buzz

a buzzy sound

… the buzzy song of a golden-winged warbler …

—Wayne Petersen

2

informal : characterized by a buzz of activity

The feel on the street is a buzzy mix of city purposefulness and communal ease …

—Andrew McCarthy

3

informal : causing or characterized by a lot of speculative or excited talk or attention : generating buzz (see buzz entry 2 sense 2e)

The term foodie was coined in the early 1980s, at about the same time Wolfgang Puck began serving gourmet pizzas at his buzzy Spago restaurant in Los Angeles.

—Lisa Abend

… Sesame Street now leaks spoofs of buzzy shows like Mad Men and True Blood online before they air …

—Tanner Stransky

Examples of buzzy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Each week seems to bring a fresh pairing of creative culinary minds, but these collabs are more than just buzzy events or Instagram bait. —Shindy Chen august 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2025

There are buzzy perfume ingredients such as pistachio, caramel, cocoa, and vanilla for sure, but these notes are almost the back-up singers here. —Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2025

First released in 1971, back when yapping on land-line phones was the preferred method of communication, the song was recently featured in HBO’s Hacks — another instance of Siffre’s music being discovered by way of a buzzy pop-culture moment. —David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025

The weekend’s other new offering is Neon’s buzzy horror-comedy Together, starring Alison Brie and Dave Franco. —Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for buzzy

• fuzzy