Buzzer

Definitions

1. One who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes.
2. A device that makes a buzzing sound.
3. A police badge.
   US, slang
4. A run scored from an overthrow.
   slang
5. A pickpocket.
   UK, obsolete
6. A gossip.
   obsolete

Equivalents

15 more languages

العربيةالطنّانطنان

Catalàbrunzidor

Češtinabzučák

Cymraegseiniwr

Ελληνικάκουδούνι

Suomisummeri

Gaeilgebonnándordánaí

עבריתזמזם

Italianocicalinosegnalatore acustico

日本語ブザー

한국어버저

Nederlandszoemer

Polskibrzęczyk

Portuguêscigarra

Русскийзуммер

Examples

“And wants not buzzers to infect⟳ his ear / With pestilent speeches of his father's death.”

“... it left, however, a bee at his ear and an itch to transfer⟳ the buzzer's attentions and tease his darling; for she had betrayed herself as right good game.”

“If you think⟳ you know⟳ the answer⟳ to the question⟳, hit the buzzer as fast as you can.”

“If a train⟳ enters the forward⟳ section before its description has been transmitted, a "not described" lamp is illuminated on the transmitter, an alarm buzzer is sounded, and the lamp remains alight until a description has been transmitted.”

“I flipped my wallet open⟳ on her desk and let⟳ her look⟳ at the buzzer pinned to the flap.”

“The pickpocket was a Buzzer. The man who booked a room at a hotel, and went round the rooms of other guests, was a Snoozer.”

“[…] a 'buzzer', for whom picking pockets was an art […]”

“You can't do the street stuff for ever, you lose⟳ your dexterity. I was the oldest and I was trained up for a buzzer — a street thief […]”

“Her brother is in secret come⟳ from France, Feeds on this wonder⟳, keeps himself in clouds And wants not buzzers to infect⟳ his ear With pestilent speeches of his father's death.”

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