Meanings
plural hum-buzzes
- onomatopoeicA low, continuous, droning sound (like a bee or an idling engine), often indicating a mechanical or electrical noise.
Speaking so quietly I was confident the ambient hum-buzz and the trio of phone conversations would keep anyone farther than a foot away from eavesdropping.
2007 June 29, Vajra, Ragna, Analog 1960-20081 more example
[...] you'll end up in the Backrooms, where it's nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms [...]
2019 May 12, 4chan, /x/, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA low, continuous, droning sound (like a bee or an idling engine), often indicating a mechanical or electrical noise.
nounHubbub; busy activity or excitement.
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hum-buzz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hum-buzz
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