Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal, transitive)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. (informal, intransitive)On a game show or similar competition, to press the buzzer to provide an answer.

Examples

17 sentences

  1. I saw honey bees buzzing in the clover.

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  2. I buzzed Tom in.

    ruЯ впустил Тома.

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  3. The phone buzzed in his pocket.

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  4. Donald heard a fly buzzing in his ear.

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  5. I'm sorry, I don't buzz in people I don't know.

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Forms

buzzes in, buzzing in, buzzed in, buzzed in
Base formbuzz in · to buzz in
3rd person singularbuzzes in
Present participlebuzzing in
Past simplebuzzed in
Past participlebuzzed in

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybuzz in
he, she, itbuzzes in

Past simpleLesson

all personsbuzzed in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave buzzed in
he, she, ithas buzzed in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill buzz in

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
buyerB1buyingbuzzB2buzzardC2buzzerC1buzzwordbyA1
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