Buzzle

//ˈbʌzəl// name, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To buzz repeatedly or continuously; whirr intransitive

    "'It's here, you see, but we just ran out into the garden to tell Daddy the telephone was ringing, and it all went sort of fizzy and buzzled all over the stove.'"

  2. 2
    To cause to buzz; flurry transitive

    "Hold, hold, master, spare me for heaven's sake I remember my Lady Faddle, she once sent me of an errand; your compliments buzzled me and put it out of my head."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A township in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States, named after Buzzle Lake.

Example

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"'It's here, you see, but we just ran out into the garden to tell Daddy the telephone was ringing, and it all went sort of fizzy and buzzled all over the stove.'"

Etymology

From buzz + -le.

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