buzzy

adjective

ˈbə-zē 

buzzier; buzziest

1

: making a buzz

a buzzy sound

… the buzzy song of a golden-winged warbler …

—Wayne Petersen

2

informal : characterized by a buzz of activity

The feel on the street is a buzzy mix of city purposefulness and communal ease …

—Andrew McCarthy

3

informal : causing or characterized by a lot of speculative or excited talk or attention : generating buzz (see buzz entry 2 sense 2e)

The term foodie was coined in the early 1980s, at about the same time Wolfgang Puck began serving gourmet pizzas at his buzzy Spago restaurant in Los Angeles.

—Lisa Abend

… Sesame Street now leaks spoofs of buzzy shows like Mad Men and True Blood online before they air …

—Tanner Stransky

Examples of buzzy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After a buzzy renovation and reopening in 2023, it’s welcomed a new generation of Tinseltown hedonists. —Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025

Slow pace on film sales, a paucity of buzzy titles compared to years when films from CODA to The Big Sick and Manchester By The Sea, Birth of a Nation and Palm Springs sold for huge amounts. —Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2025

There’s a buzzy Monday night vibe and an open kitchen dishing up a menu of Belgian classics such as vol-au-vents and steak au poivre. —Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2025

Colin Farrell was pretty much a shoo-in to win for The Penguin (movie star doing TV, buzzy HBO project, three hours of prosthetics each day, and that wacky gabagool voice), although Andrew Scott arguably did more nuanced and ferocious work in Ripley. —Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for buzzy

• fuzzy