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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
buzzer
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 FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The buzzer sounded for the end of the quarter.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Each game she questions her ability anew, as if the starting buzzer erased all her past accomplishments.
▪ Finally they rang the bell of the Frasers' flat, and after a moment the buzzer went.
▪ I gingerly pressed the buzzer, embarrassed.
▪ In the vestibule, I scanned the column of buzzers while she fumbled in her purse for her keys.
▪ The buzzer on his intercom interrupted his thoughts.
▪ They went into the lobby where the doorman, inordinately well-dressed to be pushing buzzers, gave I0C a sharp blast.
▪ When the buzzer on the wall sounded she jumped, striking a wrong key.
▪ When the buzzer went on his new chrome and ash desk, he jumped.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Buzzer

Buzzer \Buzz"er\ (b[u^]z"[~e]r), n. One who, or that which, buzzes; a whisperer; a talebearer.

And wants not buzzers to infect his ear With pestilent speeches of his father's death.
--Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
buzzer

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).

Wiktionary
buzzer

n. 1 One who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes. 2 A device that makes a buzzing sound. 3 (context US slang English) A police badge.

WordNet
buzzer
  1. n. a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed [syn: doorbell, bell]

  2. a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound

Wikipedia
Buzzer

A buzzer or beeper is an audio signalling device, which may be mechanical, electromechanical, or piezoelectric. Typical uses of buzzers and beepers include alarm devices, timers, and confirmation of user input such as a mouse click or keystroke.

Buzzer (whirligig)

A buzzer (buzz, bullroarer, button-on-a-string), is an ancient mechanical device used for ceremonial purposes and as a toy. It is constructed by centring an object at the midpoint of a cord or thong and winding the cord while holding the ends stationary. The object is whirled by alternately pulling and releasing the tension on the cord. The whirling object makes a buzzing or humming sound, giving the device its common name.

A buzzer is often constructed by running string through two of the holes on a large button and is a common and easily made toy.

American Indians used the buzzer as a toy and, also ceremonially, as to call up the wind. Early Indian buzzers were constructed of wood, bone, or stone, and date from at least the Fourche Maline Culture, c. 500 B.C.

North American Buzzers, Buzzes, etc.

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Eastern Cree
1912
"A Buzzer of Bone"

Buzzer (disambiguation)

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 for radio station UVB-76
  • Buzzer beater, basketball term
  • Haufe Buzzer 2, motorglider
  • BuZZer, an Israeli stoner metal band
  • Buzzr, an American digital multicast television network
  • Jointer, A woodworking machine used to produce a flat surface along a board's length.
Buzzer (G.I. Joe)

Buzzer is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is affiliated with Cobra as one of the Dreadnoks and debuted in 1985.

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.