buzz = 'fly close to'

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yahoo! News:

"Russian Bombers Buzz California"

Get the picture, old folks?

Turns out they were in international air space the whole time and didn't
come within 50 miles of the coast.   According to the story, this isn't
uncommon.

To "buzz," it should hardly be necessary to observe, used to mean "to fly
very low over."

JL


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