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Meaning of buzz in | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To open a remote-controlled door to allow (a person) to enter after sounding the doorbell or buzzer.
    informal, transitive
  2. On a game show or similar competition, to press the buzzer to provide an answer.
    informal, intransitive

Examples

“I'm going to buy⟳ some more coffee. Could you buzz me in when I get⟳ back?”
“It was the first contest to employ⟳ a "lock-out device": whichever contestant buzzed in first automatically shut⟳ the other out.”
“He disliked the new ruling that contestants could only buzz in after Trebek finished reading the clue.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

buzz off buzz up buzz-bomb buzz-bombed buzz-bombing buzz-bombs

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