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Definition of Buzzer
1. Noun. A push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed.
Specialized synonyms: Night Bell
Generic synonyms: Button, Push, Push Button
Derivative terms: Buzz, Buzz
2. Noun. A signaling device that makes a buzzing sound.
Definition of Buzzer
1. n. One who, or that which, buzzes; a whisperer; a talebearer.
Definition of Buzzer
1. Noun. A device that makes a buzzing sound. ¹
2. Noun. Anything that buzzes, such as an insect. ¹
3. Noun. (US slang) A police badge. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Buzzer
1. a signaling device [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buzzer
Literary usage of Buzzer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"Explain T, M, O, on the blackboard and on the buzzer. ... Exercise 4-—Explain A,
U, V, on blackboard and buzzer. ..."
2. Notes on Training, Field Artillery Details by Onorio. Moretti, Robert Melville Danford (1917)
"It is believed, therefore, that the buzzer must be widely ... (b) Qualification
in receiving by buzzer, counting 30 per cent. ..."
3. Motion Picture Making and Exhibiting: A Comprehensive Volume Treating the by John B. Rathbun (1914)
"This is done by placing the extra cell either at the buzzer or at the button
which rings it. The cell may be placed in the third-color wire, but preferably ..."
4. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"RS buzzer (See Electrical Appliances.) В Y ART. (See Biard.) BYE-PASS. In a
plumbing system a faulty connection between the hack air pipe of a trap and ..."
5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1912)
"In general, concentration on the sound came more easily than heretofore:—Auditory
perception of the buzzer was clear sometimes, not very clear at others. ..."
6. Wireless Telegraphy: Its History, Theory and Practice by Archie Frederick Collins (1905)
"In conjunction with the key and automatic transmitting machine a "buzzer" is
included in the local circuit; it is shown in the photograph, Fig. ..."
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