Buzz

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 61

buz, v. i. [buzzed (buzd), buz zixg.] To make a low, continuous humming sound, as bees; to speak with a low, humming voice. — v. t. To make known by buzzing; to Buttre . spread, as report, by whispers. —??. A continuous, humming noise; whisper: report spread cautiously.