Meaning of buzz in | Babel Free

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.”

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