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buzzed in

buzzed in is the simple past and past participle of buzz in.

Meaning of buzz in

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

Questions about buzzed in

What is buzzed in the simple past and past participle of?
Buzzed in is the simple past and past participle of buzz in.

Words near buzzed in in the dictionary

  1. buzzcut
  2. buzzcuts
  3. buzzcutted
  4. buzzed
  5. buzzed about
  6. buzzed in
  7. buzzed off
  8. buzzed up
  9. Buzzell
  10. Buzzelli
  11. Buzzellis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: buzzed in (page history and authors); buzz in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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