buzz in

See also: buzzin'

English

Verb

buzz in (third-person singular simple present buzzes in, present participle buzzing in, simple past and past participle buzzed in)

  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.
    • 1979, Maxene Fave, Television Game Show Hosts: Biographies of 32 Stars‎[1], page 124:
      It was the first contest to employ a "lock-out device": whichever contestant buzzed in first automatically shut the other out.
    • 2015, David Baber, “Art Fleming”, in Television Game Show Hosts: Biographies of 32 Stars‎[2], page 101:
      He disliked the new ruling that contestants could only buzz in after Trebek finished reading the clue.
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