buzzed

Etymology

adj

  1. (slang) Slightly intoxicated.
    But two bottles would alarm and confuse him, would lead to a conversation, so I smashed it merrily into a skip, buzzed and lit with the comforting foreknowledge of the second one on its way. 2021, Megan Nolan, Acts of Desperation, Random House
  2. (said of lips) Slightly parted so that they will make a buzzing sound when air (from the lungs) is forced out through them.
    The jug used as a musical instrument is an empty jug (usually made of glass or stoneware) played with buzzed lips to produce a trombone-like tone. 2023-03-17, Wikipedia contributors, “Jug (instrument)”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of buzz

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