"catch a buzz" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-catch a buzz.ogg Forms: catches a buzz [present, singular, third-person], catching a buzz [participle, present], caught a buzz [participle, past], caught a buzz [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|catch<,,caught> a buzz}} catch a buzz (third-person singular simple present catches a buzz, present participle catching a buzz, simple past and past participle caught a buzz)
  1. (US, slang) To become slightly inebriated, but not yet quite drunk. Tags: US, slang Translations (start to get drunk): anar content (Catalan), alkaa tuntua (Finnish), kihahtaa hattuun (Finnish), antrinken (German), ansaufen (German), ir contento (Spanish), coger el puntillo (Spanish), bli salongsberusad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-catch_a_buzz-en-verb-bxSLE3o4 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations
     
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          "sense": "start to get drunk",
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          "sense": "start to get drunk",
          "word": "alkaa tuntua"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "start to get drunk",
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          "sense": "start to get drunk",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "start to get drunk",
          "word": "ir contento"
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          "sense": "start to get drunk",
          "word": "coger el puntillo"
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      "sense": "start to get drunk",
      "word": "alkaa tuntua"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "start to get drunk",
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      "sense": "start to get drunk",
      "word": "antrinken"
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      "sense": "start to get drunk",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "start to get drunk",
      "word": "ir contento"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "start to get drunk",
      "word": "coger el puntillo"
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