Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BUZZ, v.i. [It. buzzicare, to whisper; Pers. بَزِيدَنْ bazidan, to blow as wind.]

1. To make a low hissing sound, as bees; to make the sound of z, with an expiration of breath between the tongue and the roof of the mouth or upper teeth.
2. To whisper; to speak with a low hissing voice; to make a low hissing sound. – Shak. Hayward.