Brewer's: Buzz

Empty the bottle. A corruption of bouse (to drink).

In bousing a bout `twas his gift to excel And of all jolly topers he bore off the bell.

(See Boozy.)

Buzz

(A). A rumour, a whispered report.

Yes, that, on every dream, Each buzz, each fancy ... He may enguard his dotage.

Shakespeare: King Lear, i. 4.

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