Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An electric signaling device, such as a doorbell, that makes a buzzing sound.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who buzzes; a whisperer; one who is busy in telling tales secretly.
- n. A call or alarm making a low buzzing sound, used when it is desirable to avoid loud noise.
- n. A polishing-wheel used in cutlery-work.
- n. A pickpocket.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who, or that which, buzzes; a whisperer; a talebearer.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound
- n. a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
Etymologies
- From buzz + -er. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
“The loud buzzer is activated by a long press of a button.”
“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
“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.”
“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.”
“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
“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.”
“They make this drink called a buzzer, with Toddy cold brewed coffee.”
“Where the only thing you could ever get without setting off the buzzer was the Charley Horse, because it was easy to grab its little leg?”
“Obviously, I lack Miss Snark's experience, insight and tolerance for pain, but the cumulative effect of reading all these entries is making me hear the hackneyed-phrase buzzer all the time now.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘buzzer’.
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Rodeo
rodeo, rodeo clown, barrel racing, bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, bucking horse, bucking bronco, bronco, bull, steer and 57 more...
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My Little Ponies
A list of My Little Pony names from the original (G1) collection. 1982-1992
cotton candy, butterscotch, blossom, blue belle, minty, snuzzle, seashell, bubbles, bow tie, applejack, sunbeam, medley and 352 more...
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Nouns first attested in Shakespeare
summit, scuffle, critic, bandit, mountaineer, savagery, bedroom, radiance, birthplace, pageantry, courtship, ode and 13 more...
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A Whiz Mob
Pickpocket lingo. Words culled from and inspired by this article. See also A Swell Mob and The Grifters.
working single o, cannon, mechanic, dip, wire, tool, shade, stick, stall, pappy, chump, moll buzzer and 54 more...
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MEC4 Lesson 151
quiz, quiz master, barber, ratings, buzzer, Lake Superior, author, round, Great Lakes, Supreme Court, trick, meteor and 15 more...
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cquarles's Words
idiosyncratic, classification, emission, sound, metadate, spoor, disambiguation, speed, inspire, serendipity, biomimicry, buzzer and 1 more...
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