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'Time's up' signal, maybe
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buzzer
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A buzzer is a signalling device. Buzzer or The Buzzer may also refer to: Buzzer (whirligig) , an ancient mechanical device used for ceremonial purposes and as a toy Buzzer (G.I. Joe) , a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe The Buzzer, nickname ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "buzzing insect," agent noun from buzz (v.). In reference to mechanical devices that buzz, from 1870 (steam-powered at first; electric mechanisms so called from 1884).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed [syn: doorbell , bell ] a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB press ▪ He pressed the buzzer to be let out. ▪ I gingerly pressed the buzzer , embarrassed. ▪ I pressed the buzzer , pressed both buzzers, pressed all the buzzers for the entire building-complex in desperation. EXAMPLES ...
Usage examples of buzzer.
He was leaning back in his black chair, reading a report on the signals Hek had been detecting, when the door buzzer sounded.
Even as the sleeper lid rose, Khor could see the console lights flashing and he could hear the intermittent buzzer.
Even as the sleeper lid rose, Khor could see the console lights flashing and could hear the intermittent buzzer.
Afra was just about to give up on an intricate origami dinosaur he had been trying to create for young Jeran, his buzzer beeped.
PUSHED THE buzzer on his desk and Sergeant Hyde put his head in at the door with one eyebrow raised and Tanager nodded.
This continuation of noise, this leaning on the button was the buzzer style of Herbert Mandrel, the tenant in 4A.
PIRATE STARSHIP - COCKPIT - TRAVELING The cockpit is alive with warning lights and buzzers, but Montross manages to keep things under control.
Backman reshifted his weight and was about to launch into a long one when the door buzzer erupted.
Dejected and drenched, I squelched up to the great iron gates of Il Piacere and pressed the buzzer for the intercom.
The cop inside glanced at my card, then looked up -- fixing me with a heavy-lidded Quaalude stare for just an instant, then nodded and pushed his buzzer to open the gate.
Kramer came in when his buzzer sounded, made coffee for the two generals and was aware that Grote and Clough were old pals and that the Ripsaw general was kidding the pants off his guest.
As often happens on the day of a catered event, I awoke seconds before the buzzer went off.
He cither answered the buzzer or met him outside and they walked in together.
First you tell me this is just two witness buddies gabbing, then you tell me popping Mexican bantamweights for robbery don't push your buzzer.
He'd jump all over the stage swiping wildly at the air, come within a frog hair of splatting his fist into the chafing dish a dozen times, get the girl volunteer to flap her arms to flush the little buzzers his way, and all the while talking his talk about the similarities and differences between Herefords and bluebottles until the audience was half-convinced that he was never going to catch the fly but was laughing anyway and jumpy as a drunk with a glass of milk waiting for him to smack a bare hand into that pile of warm dung.