buzz vs whistle

buzz

noun
  • The audible friction of voiced consonants. 

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

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

  • 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. 

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. 

whistle

noun
  • A shrill, high-pitched sound made by whistling. 

  • A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound. 

  • An act of whistling. 

  • Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling. 

  • A suit (from whistle and flute). 

  • The mouth and throat; so called as being the organs of whistling. 

verb
  • To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips. 

  • To make a similar sound by forcing air through a musical instrument or a pipe etc. 

  • To move in such a way as to create a whistling sound. 

  • To send, signal, or call by a whistle. 

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