buzz vs rap

buzz

verb
  • To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice. 

  • To fly while making such a sound. 

  • To show a high level of activity and haste, energization or excitement, to be busy as a bee in one’s actions but perhaps mentally charged. 

  • Of a group of people, to talk about some interesting topic excitedly. 

  • To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly. 

  • To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. 

  • To fly at high speed and at a very low altitude over a specified area, as to make a surprise pass. 

  • To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice. 

  • To cut the hair in a close-cropped military style, or buzzcut. 

  • To communicate with (a person) by means of a buzzer. 

noun
  • Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes. 

  • Synonym of fizz-buzz (“counting game”) 

  • The audible friction of voiced consonants. 

  • A whisper. 

  • A rush or feeling of energy or excitement; a feeling of slight intoxication. 

  • A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones. 

  • A telephone call or e-mail. 

rap

verb
  • To talk casually; to engage in conversation. 

  • To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock. 

  • To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal. 

  • To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music. 

  • To seize and carry off. 

  • To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture. 

  • To utter quickly and sharply. 

noun
  • A whit; a jot. 

  • A positive appraisal; a recommendation. 

  • An appraisal. 

  • Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value. 

  • A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction. 

  • A lea or skein of yarn that forms the standard length taken from the reel, 80 yards of worsted or 120 yards of silk or cotton. 

  • Rap music. 

  • A sharp blow with something hard. 

  • A casual talk. 

  • Blame for something. 

  • A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music. 

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