Buzzer

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  • noun. An electric signaling device, such as a doorbell, that makes a buzzing sound.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who, or that which, buzzes; a whisperer; a talebearer.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An insect that buzzes.
  • noun. A device that makes a buzzing sound.
  • noun. A police badge.
  • 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
  • Word Usage
    "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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