buzz vs swim

buzz

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

  • 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. 

swim

verb
  • To glide along with a waving motion. 

  • To move around freely because of excess space. 

  • To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. 

  • My head was swimming after drinking two bottles of cheap wine. 

  • To cause to swim. 

  • To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float. 

  • To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event. 

  • To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion. 

  • To be overflowed or drenched. 

  • To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid 

  • To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches. 

noun
  • The sound, or air bladder, of a fish. 

  • An act or instance of swimming. 

  • A dizziness; swoon. 

  • A dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in a freestyle swimming manner. 

  • A part of a stream much frequented by fish. 

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