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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)
a buzzy new restaurant owned by a celebrity chef

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Scorpio season brought with it a certain sense of mystery and broodiness, but the bright and buzzy energy of Sagittarius season (which occurs between November 22 and December 22) is here to bail you out, just in time for party season. Snehaa Khanna Sahgal, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025 Eat the Rich will of course also draw comparisons to Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag, which ushered in the era of the buzzy one-person play and was adapted for TV by the BBC and Amazon. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025 The pendulum has since swung back a little, with Netflix trying to have the best of all worlds, recently releasing some seasons of buzzy shows in pieces. Dan Heching, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025 Businesses have rushed to deploy buzzy chatbots and AI agents, but these programs are themselves vulnerable to all sorts of clever and devastating attacks. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for buzzy

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of buzzy was in 1842

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“Buzzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buzzy. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.

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