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buzzed

/bʌzd/
verb
  1. To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings.

  2. To show a high level of activity and haste (alluding to the common simile "busy as a bee"). Often in the colloquial imperative "Buzz off!"

  3. To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an undertone; to spread, as a report, by whispers or secretly.

adjective
  1. Slightly intoxicated.

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