bzzz bzzz.

n.  the sound of electrical power lines.

<Electricity was shooting up the mountain, those wires were going bzzz, bzzz.  —Kai T. Erikson, Everything in its Path.>

Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz.

n.  the droning buzz of a bee; see also bzzzzzz.

<Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz.  That is the noise a bee makes, and you had better get used to it because I want everyone who reads this to go out and get a pet bee.  —Tom Davies, SomethingAwful.com>

bzzz bzzz bzzz.

n.  the hiss of whispers.

<[The cinematographer, camera operator, director, and script supervisor] all turn to the actor: “Okay, Joe, look a little camera left.”  They whisper among themselves: Bzzz bzzz bzzz.  “Joe, raise your eyes a tiny, tiny bit.”  Bzzz bzzz bzzz.  “Here, Joe, look at my fist.”  Bzzz bzzz bzzz.  “No, lower.”  Bzzz bzzz bzzz.  —Christine Vachon, Shooting to Kill.>

bzzz bzzzz.

n.  the “loud and obnoxious” sound of a chain saw, as in the novel Bubbles in Trouble by Sarah Strohmeyer.

bzzz bzzzzzz bzz bzzzz.

n.  the sound of a computer booting up, as in the novel The Stonking Steps by Will Rogers.

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