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buzzer
UK /ˈbʌzə/ US /ˈbʌzɚ/
noun 5
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2(noun.)
VERB + BUZZER
press, sound
The alarm buzzer sounded at 6 a.m. and woke everyone in the house.
BUZZER + VERB
go (off), sound
The alarm buzzer sounded three times before anyone woke up.
Definitions
noun
1
One who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes.
And wants not buzzers to infect his ear / With pestilent speeches of his father's death.
... it left, however, a bee at his ear and an itch to transfer the buzzer's attentions and tease his darling; for she had betrayed herself as right good game.
2
A device that makes a buzzing sound.
If you think you know the answer to the question, hit the buzzer as fast as you can.
If a train enters the forward section before its description has been transmitted, a "not described" lamp is illuminated on the transmitter, an alarm buzzer is sounded, and the lamp remains alight until a description has been transmitted.
3
A police badge.
I flipped my wallet open on her desk and let her look at the buzzer pinned to the flap.
4
A run scored from an overthrow.
5
A pickpocket.
The pickpocket was a Buzzer. The man who booked a room at a hotel, and went round the rooms of other guests, was a Snoozer.
[…] a 'buzzer', for whom picking pockets was an art […]
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And wants not buzzers to infect his ear / With pestilent speeches of his father's death.
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... it left, however, a bee at his ear and an itch to transfer the buzzer's attentions and tease his darling; for she had betrayed herself as right good game.
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If you think you know the answer to the question, hit the buzzer as fast as you can.
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Please push the buzzer.
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The buzzer sounded.
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Tom heard the buzzer.
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