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How to use buzzer in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Buzzer means one who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes. Example: “If you think you know the answer to the question, hit the buzzer as fast as you can.”

Examples of buzzer by meaning

nounA device that makes a buzzing sound.

  • If you think you know the answer to the question, hit the buzzer as fast as you can.
  • If a train enters the forward section before its description has been transmitted, a "not described" lamp is illuminated on the transmitter, an alarm buzzer is sounded, and the lamp remains alight until a description has been transmitted.1955 March, “Train Describers at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 170

nounA police badge.

  • I flipped my wallet open on her desk and let her look at the buzzer pinned to the flap.1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 28

nounA pickpocket.

  • The pickpocket was a Buzzer.1949, Thomas Burke, The Streets of London Through the Centuries, page 122

More sentences with buzzer

  • They were behind by 29 points in the third quarter, but they pulled it out at the buzzer.From the entry pull out
  • Mrs C opens the door with the buzzer and I cross the courtyard and take the lift.2003, Alessandra Piontelli, From Fetus to Child: An Observational and Psychoanalytic Study. From the entry interphone
  • The barber set to work with scissors and clippers, electric buzzers and pruning shears.1990, Mark Teague, Moog-Moog, Space Barber, Scholastic Corporation, →ISBN, unnumbered page. From the entry crinkler
  • My heart did a throbby flip-flop when the buzzer sounded at last.1953, James M. Cain, Two O'Clock Blonde. From the entry throbby
  • Members of a basketball team happily reward the MVP with additional status is she sinks a winning shot at the buzzer.2022, W. David Marx, chapter 1, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN. From the entry MVP
  • Austin miss as the final buzzer sounded in overtime.2021 March 22, Brandon Sudge, “Tech women escape upset”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, volume 73, number 81, page C8, column 1. From the entry furiosity
  • He presses the buzzer on the entry-phone, and if l haven't answered in about ten seconds he buzzes again.2006, Nicola Birkner, AIDS Narratives, page 171. From the entry entry-phone
  • They had to begin at the beginning: learning the Morse code, flag-wagging, a succession of acks, and practice on the buzzer.1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage, published 2014, page 173. From the entry ack

Meaning of buzzer

  1. noun One who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes.
  2. noun A device that makes a buzzing sound.
  3. noun A police badge.

Full definition of buzzer

Questions about buzzer in a sentence

How do you use buzzer in a sentence?
Buzzer is used as a noun. For example: “If you think you know the answer to the question, hit the buzzer as fast as you can.”
What is a short sentence with buzzer?
“The pickpocket was a Buzzer.”
What does buzzer mean?
Buzzer means one who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes.

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