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Spell Bee Word: Buzz


What does buzz mean?

Word: Buzz

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Buzz means the low, steady sound a bee or a fly makes with its wings. As a verb, to buzz means to make that sound.

How do you spell buzz?

Syllables: buzz

Tricky part: Buzz ends with a double z. One z alone looks unfinished.

Watch out for: buzzz, buzs

Memory tip: Hold the end like a bee: bzzz. A long sound gets two z's.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. give someone a buzz: phone someone Example: "Give me a buzz when you reach home."

Buzz in a sentence

Example 1: I heard the buzz of a bee near the flowers.

Example 2: The mosquito kept buzzing in my ear.

Example 3: The doorbell made a loud buzz.

Fun Fact

A honeybee's buzz comes from its wings, which beat around 200 times every second.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

b_zz

a) i
b) a
c) e
d) u

Show answer

d) u. Buzz has the short u of bus and cup.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) rumble
b) buzze
c) whistle
d) chirp

Show answer

b) buzze. Buzze has an e on the end, but buzz stops at the last z.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

buzz

a) shout
b) silence
c) hum
d) bark

Show answer

c) hum. A buzz is a low humming sound.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these does NOT buzz?

a) a butterfly
b) a mosquito
c) a fly
d) a bee

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a) a butterfly

2. The classroom was buzzing before the trip. The children were ____.

a) sad and upset
b) tired and sleepy
c) chatty and excited
d) silent and still

Show answer

c) chatty and excited

Associated Words

More Class 1 Summer Spell Bee words starting with bu: bucket, build, bull, bunch

More words from this list

cyan, five, hotel, napkin, rain, sniff, turkey, athlete

Next steps

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