- an electrical device that produces a buzzing sound as a signal
- Put your fingers on the buzzer and be ready to answer.
- The buzzer went off at eight o’clock.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + buzzer- press
- punch
- ring
- …
- go
- go off
- sound
- …
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Idioms
See buzzer in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryat the buzzer
- (North American English) at the end of a game or period of play
- He missed a three-point attempt at the buzzer.
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