hum-buzz

See also: humbuzz

English

Noun

hum-buzz (plural hum-buzzes)

  1. (onomatopoeia) A low, continuous, droning sound (like a bee or an idling engine), often indicating a mechanical or electrical noise.
    Synonyms: buzz, hum
    • 2007 June, Vajra, Ragna, Analog 1960-2008‎[1]:
      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.
    • 2019 May 12, 4chan‎[2], /x/, archived from the original on 12 January 2024:
      [...] 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 [...]
  2. Hubbub; busy activity or excitement.
    Synonym: hubbub
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