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buzz in

buzz in verb: to open a remote-controlled door to allow (a person) to enter after sounding the doorbell or buzzer.

Verb

buzz in (third-person singular simple present buzzes in, present participle buzzing in, simple past and past participle buzzed in)

  1. (informal, transitive) To open a remote-controlled door to allow (a person) to enter after sounding the doorbell or buzzer.
    • I'm going to buy some more coffee. Could you buzz me in when I get back?
  2. (informal, intransitive) On a game show or similar competition, to press the buzzer to provide an answer.
    • It was the first contest to employ a "lock-out device": whichever contestant buzzed in first automatically shut the other out.1979, Maxene Fave, Television Game Show Hosts: Biographies of 32 Stars, page 124
    • He disliked the new ruling that contestants could only buzz in after Trebek finished reading the clue.2015, David Baber, “Art Fleming”, in Television Game Show Hosts: Biographies of 32 Stars, page 101

Forms of buzz in

third-person singular presentbuzzes in
present participlebuzzing in
past participlebuzzed in
pastbuzzed in

Questions about buzz in

What does buzz in mean?
Buzz in means to open a remote-controlled door to allow (a person) to enter after sounding the doorbell or buzzer.
What part of speech is buzz in?
Buzz in is a verb.
What is the past tense of buzz in?
The past tense of buzz in is buzzed in.

Words near buzz in in the dictionary

  1. buzz book
  2. buzz button
  3. buzz buttons
  4. buzz cut
  5. buzz cuts
  6. buzz in
  7. Buzz Killington
  8. buzz off
  9. buzz pollination
  10. buzz saw
  11. buzz saws

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