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To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice. Like a wasp is buzzed, and stung him. Longfellow. However these disturbers of our

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To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice. Like a wasp is buzzed, and stung him. Longfellow. However these disturbers of our peace Buzz in the people's ears. Shak.

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  • BUZZ
    To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice. Like a wasp is buzzed, and stung him. Longfellow. However these disturbers of our
  • HUMMEL
    To separate from the awns; -- said of barley.
  • BUZZER
    One who, or that which, buzzes; a whisperer; a talebearer. And wants not buzzers to infect his ear With pestilent speeches of his father's death. Shak.
  • SOUNDER
    One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
  • UTTERLY
    In an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain.
  • UTTERNESS
    The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost.
  • SIBILANT
    Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds. -- n.
  • HUMMER
    A humming bird. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming. Ainsworth.
  • SOUNDLESS
    Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable. Shak.
  • MURMUR
    1. A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water. 2. A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice. Chaucer. Some discontents there are, some idle murmurs. Dryden.
  • UTTER
    1. Outer. "Thine utter eyen." Chaucer. "By him a shirt and utter mantle laid." Chapman. As doth an hidden moth The inner garment fret, not th' utter touch. Spenser. 2. Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer.
  • SOUNDLY
    In a sound manner.
  • CONTINUOUSLY
    In a continuous maner; without interruption. -- Con*tin"u*ous*ness, n.
  • THESE
    The plural of this. See This.
  • HUMMOCKY
    Abounding in hummocks.
  • MURMUROUS
    Attended with murmurs; exciting murmurs or complaint; murmuring. The lime, a summer home of murmurous wings. Tennyson.
  • HUMMOCKING
    The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice. Kane.
  • SOUNDNESS
    The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith. Syn. -- Firmness; strength; solidity; healthiness; truth; rectitude.
  • BUZZSAW
    A circular saw; -- so called from the buzzing it makes when running at full speed. according to; akin to OS.& OFries. bi, be, D. bij, OHG. bi, G. bie, Goth. bi, and perh. Gr.. E. prefix be- is orig.the same word. pref. 1. In the neighborhood of;
  • SPEAKERSHIP
    The office of speaker; as, the speakership of the House of Representatives.
  • UNUTTERABLE
    Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish. Sighed and looked unutterable things. Thomson. -- Un*ut"ter*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*ut"ter*a*bly, adv.
  • HIGH-SOUNDING
    Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
  • MUTTERER
    One who mutters.
  • RESOUND
    resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame
  • THUMMIE
    The chiff-chaff.
  • GUTTER
    1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough. 2. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water. Gutters running with ale. Macaulay. 3. Any narrow channel or groove;
  • HEREHENCE
    From hence.
  • BUTTER-SCOTCH
    A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. Dickens.
  • WHENCEFORTH
    From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
  • STRAW-CUTTER
    An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
  • INVOICE
    A written account of the particulars of merchandise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. Wharton. 2. The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large
  • SWARD-CUTTER
    A plow for turning up grass land. A lawn mower.
  • BESPEAKER
    One who bespeaks.

 

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