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bzzt

bzzt interjection: the sound of a game show buzzer or of electricity. Often used as a reaction to a wrong answer.

Interjection

  1. (onomatopoeic) The sound of a game show buzzer or of electricity. Often used as a reaction to a wrong answer.
    • The buzzer on Matthew's desk rang violently at this point, bzzt-bzzt...1921, Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook
    • You sing him a new song, bzzt — a connection is made. You tickle his toes, bzzt — there goes another.2000, Linda P Acredolo, Susan Goodwyn, Baby minds: brain-building games your baby will love

Forms of bzzt

alternative formbzzzt

Origin of bzzt

Imitative.

Questions about bzzt

What does bzzt mean?
Bzzt means the sound of a game show buzzer or of electricity. Often used as a reaction to a wrong answer.
What part of speech is bzzt?
Bzzt is an interjection.

Words near bzzt in the dictionary

  1. BZP
  2. Bzyb
  3. bzz
  4. bzzed
  5. bzzing
  6. bzzt
  7. bzzz
  8. bzzzt
  9. Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu
  10. bàtá
  11. Báb

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