Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An electric signaling device, such as a doorbell, that makes a buzzing sound.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pickpocket.
- noun One who buzzes; a whisperer; one who is busy in telling tales secretly.
- noun A call or alarm making a low buzzing sound, used when it is desirable to avoid loud noise.
- noun A polishing-wheel used in cutlery-work.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, buzzes; a whisperer; a talebearer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
insect thatbuzzes . - noun A
device that makes abuzzing sound. - noun US slang A
police badge .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound
- noun a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
Etymologies
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Examples
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The loud buzzer is activated by a long press of a button.
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The loud buzzer is activated by a long press of a button.
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Miami, though, held the Hawks to five points, three on free throws, in the rest of the quarter, and when Jones beat the buzzer from the right wing with a jumper, the Heat took a 59-54 lead into the fourth quarter.
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Ginobili's banked-in buzzer-beater at the end of the first quarter was shot from beyond midcourt, between the C and A in the word "America" painted on the floor. ...
USATODAY.com - Spurs sink Suns in opener of Western Conference finals 2005
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There was a call buzzer going that nobody was answering, and I was overwhelmed with the urge to go and meet that person's need and press the button that switches the call buzzer off.
sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2004
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He had just reached for a switch when his call buzzer sounded, and when he activated the screen the planetographer reported, "We can't find any such system on our charts."
Man of Many Minds 1925
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Taking away the buzzer is going to take the fun out of taking the buzzer, throwing in a nearby garbage can and going to a place where I don’t actually have to wait.
Never Stand in Line Again? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The buzzer was my doorbell, howling now in a single sustained whine such as had not been inflicted on London since the end of the Blitz.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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The buzzer was my doorbell, howling now in a single sustained whine such as had not been inflicted on London since the end of the Blitz.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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The buzzer was my doorbell, howling now in a single sustained whine such as had not been inflicted on London since the end of the Blitz.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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