specifically: an electric signaling device that makes a buzzing sound
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: the sound of a buzzer
Examples of buzzer in a Sentence
Their team was ahead by two points when the buzzer signaled the end of the game.
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The Moment Is Bigger Than the Game With a heavy sponsorship presence, full hotels, and public art installations that will remain long after the All-Star buzzer sounds, the 2025 WNBA All-Star Weekend is being treated as more than a single event.—Roberta F. Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025 One difference is that instead of placing an order, getting a buzzer and then going to a counter to get food and drinks, wait staff will now bring orders out to customers.—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 28 June 2025 But Hapoel Jerusalem tied it at the regulation buzzer and won 77-74 in overtime.—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2025 One of his favorite memories as a Bruin, according to his brother, was a comeback against Washington State toward the end of his career in which the Bruins wiped out a late double-digit deficit, winning on Greenwood’s putback dunk only seconds before the buzzer.—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for buzzer
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