buzz in

verb

Definitions

  1. To open a remote-controlled door to allow (a person) to enter after sounding the doorbell…

    To open a remote-controlled door to allow (a person) to enter after sounding the doorbell or buzzer.

    • I'm going to buy some more coffee. Could you buzz me in when I get back?
  2. On a game show or similar competition, to press the buzzer to provide an answer.

    • 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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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for buzz in. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA