buzzer
(noun) a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound
doorbell, bell, buzzer
(noun) a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
buzzer (plural buzzers)
One who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes.
A device that makes a buzzing sound.
(US slang) A police badge.
(cricket, slang) A run scored from an overthrow.
(obsolete) A gossip.
Source: Wiktionary
Buzz"er, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, buzzes; a whisperer; a talebearer. And wants not buzzers to infect his ear With pestilent speeches of his father's death. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
