Synonyms for buzzer
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : buhz-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌz ər |
Définition of buzzer
Origin :- c.1600, "buzzing insect," agent noun from buzz (v.). In reference to mechanical devices that buzz, from 1870 (steam-powered at first; electric mechanisms so called from 1884).
- noun siren
- Jim heard a buzzer and then the voice of a clerk, "Yes, sir."
- Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
- The girl pulled the sheets from the machine and sorted them while I was stabbing the buzzer.
- Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
- And I'll be put on the buzzer if he didn't throw the bluff that he'd never had the thing on his head.
- Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
- "Well, we might as well have him in," says Old Hickory, pushin' the buzzer.
- Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
- A buzzer was ringing in the turret, and I plunged back for it.
- Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings
- "I've got a buzzer under one of the treads of the stairs," said the colonel.
- Extract from : « Jack O' Judgment » by Edgar Wallace
- He pressed a buzzer and the secretary came hurrying from his stateroom.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
- In about twenty minutes the buzzer on my pix-box sounded, and I depressed the key.
- Extract from : « Tinker's Dam » by Joseph Tinker
- Well, then, why should they hand you anything but the buzzer?
- Extract from : « The Making of Bobby Burnit » by George Randolph Chester
- The principal then pressed the buzzer that summoned her secretary.
- Extract from : « Marjorie Dean High School Freshman » by Pauline Lester
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