buzzern.¹

Brit.

/ˈbʌzə/, U.S.

/ˈbəzər/

Etymology: < buzz v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

1. An insect that buzzes. Also figurative.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by sound > that buzzes

buzzer1606

bumbler1876

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 12 Swarmes of busie Buzzers.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bourdonneur, a hummer, a buzzer.

1834 Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 35 1006 To keep the buzzers from settling round his eyes.

1847 Fraser's Mag. 36 524 Greek and Latin literature have been blown upon by the buzzers of metre.

†2. A private obtruder of tales. Obsolete.

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society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearer

rounderOE

blabc1374

tale-teller1377

clatterer1388

tittlerc1400

talebearer1478

whisterer1519

whisperer1547

telltale1548

tattler1549

clatterfart1552

tale-carrier1552

babbler?1555

gossip1566

gossiper1568

carry-tale1577

mumble-news1598

twitter1598

buzzer1604

blob-talea1670

gadabout1757

tell-pie1771

circulator1792

clype1825

windjammer1880

tattle-tale1889

panta1908

clatfarta1930

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 88 Her brother..wants not buzzers to infect his eare With pestilent speeches of his fathers death.

3. A steam apparatus for making a loud buzzing noise as a signal; cf. hummer n.¹, hooter n.¹ b.

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society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [noun] > steam buzzer

buzzer1870

1870 Echo 17 Jan. Two..steam alarm whistles or ‘buzzers’ were fixed on Saturday.

1872 J. S. Jeans Western Worthies 95 No sounds of the ponderous hammer or screeching ‘buzzer’ are to be heard.

1885 Daily News 2 Oct. 2/1.

a. An electric mechanism for producing an intermittent current and a buzzing sound or series of sounds; used chiefly as a call or signal. Also attributive.

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society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [noun] > electric buzzer

buzzera1884

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 149/2 Buzzer, a telegraphic call in which a vibrating hammer strikes a sounding piece and gives out a buzzing sound, which, in certain cases, is preferable to a bell.

1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness (1902) 203 The little station, with its brave air of business, its stationmaster, and its electric ‘buzzer’.

1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 183 He could hear the morse signals on the buzzer plain enough.

a1917 E. A. Mackintosh War, the Liberator (1918) 99 If..his bloody barrage-fire's Broken all your buzzer wires Don't get flurried.

1920 Conquest June 404/1 There is a local buzzer-circuit in the call box.

1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station Introd. 22 A buzzer worked off dry cells.

1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 20 The Buzzer, another name for the telephone, and particularly the modern ‘buzz’ boxes or house-phone systems.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Feb. 17/5 Oakland's Ted Hampson and Minnesota's Mike McMahon..scuffled after the final buzzer [in ice hockey].

figurative.1930 H. Nicolson Swinburne i. 11 Although, so to speak, this obstruction exists only on one line of communication, yet it acts as a buzzer which disturbs the rest.

b. Hence (Services' slang), a signaller.

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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > signaller or musician

waitc1325

trumpeter1497

drum?1535

drum major1589

trumpettier1609

drum-major general1676

bugler1792

fife-major1802

pipe major1816

Bugle Major1844

signaller1845

bugle boy1848

trumpet-major1855

bugleman1859

bunting-tosser1905

buzzer1915

music1915

1915 ‘I. Hay’ First Hundred Thousand vii. 55 One of the Battalion signallers—or ‘buzzers’, as the vernacular has it, in imitation of the buzzing of the Morse instrument.

1917 ‘Taffrail’ Off Shore 1 His friends..refer to him as ‘Buzzer’..because the instruments of which he is the custodian..emit buzzing and humming sounds.

c. A doorbell. colloquial (originally U.S.).

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society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > [noun] > door-bell

doorbella1817

buzzer1934

door chimes1962

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door fittings > door-bell

door-ringa1674

doorbella1817

buzzer1934

door chimes1962

1934 R. Stout Fer-de-lance xvii. 295 Fritz, the buzzer, attend the front door, please.

1959 ‘J. Welcome’ Stop at Nothing viii. 132 The door buzzer sounded in the hall... She..pressed the button that freed the lock.

5. The trembler of an induction coil.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrically induced magnetism > electromagnetic induction > [noun] > induction coil > vibrating blade

trembler1877

buzzer1882

trembler-blade1904

trembler-coil1908

1882 W. H. Preece in J. J. Fahie Hist. Wireless Telegr. (1899) 138 Buzzers, little instruments that make and break the current very rapidly with a buzzing sound.

1888 Chambers's Jrnl. 14 Jan. 25 It is called a ‘buzzer’... It is a rapid current-breaker.

6. Applied to various machines that make a buzzing noise in operation. a. A polishing wheel. b. A circular saw.

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1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Buzzer, a small, rapidly-revolving wheel, used in grinding or polishing small objects.

1925 Brit. Weekly 5 Mar. 554/5 His ‘buzzer’, as he calls it, is not ‘boughten’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	buzzer
释义	buzzern.¹ Brit. /ˈbʌzə/, U.S. /ˈbəzər/ Etymology: < buzz v.¹ + -er suffix¹. 1. An insect that buzzes. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by sound > that buzzes buzzer1606 bumbler1876 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 12 Swarmes of busie Buzzers. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bourdonneur, a hummer, a buzzer. 1834 Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 35 1006 To keep the buzzers from settling round his eyes. 1847 Fraser's Mag. 36 524 Greek and Latin literature have been blown upon by the buzzers of metre. †2. A private obtruder of tales. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearer rounderOE blabc1374 tale-teller1377 clatterer1388 tittlerc1400 talebearer1478 whisterer1519 whisperer1547 telltale1548 tattler1549 clatterfart1552 tale-carrier1552 babbler?1555 gossip1566 gossiper1568 carry-tale1577 mumble-news1598 twitter1598 buzzer1604 blob-talea1670 gadabout1757 tell-pie1771 circulator1792 clype1825 windjammer1880 tattle-tale1889 panta1908 clatfarta1930 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 88 Her brother..wants not buzzers to infect his eare With pestilent speeches of his fathers death. View more context for this quotation 3. A steam apparatus for making a loud buzzing noise as a signal; cf. hummer n.¹, hooter n.¹ b. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [noun] > steam buzzer buzzer1870 1870 Echo 17 Jan. Two..steam alarm whistles or ‘buzzers’ were fixed on Saturday. 1872 J. S. Jeans Western Worthies 95 No sounds of the ponderous hammer or screeching ‘buzzer’ are to be heard. 1885 Daily News 2 Oct. 2/1. 4. a. An electric mechanism for producing an intermittent current and a buzzing sound or series of sounds; used chiefly as a call or signal. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > [noun] > electric buzzer buzzera1884 a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 149/2 Buzzer, a telegraphic call in which a vibrating hammer strikes a sounding piece and gives out a buzzing sound, which, in certain cases, is preferable to a bell. 1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness (1902) 203 The little station, with its brave air of business, its stationmaster, and its electric ‘buzzer’. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 183 He could hear the morse signals on the buzzer plain enough. a1917 E. A. Mackintosh War, the Liberator (1918) 99 If..his bloody barrage-fire's Broken all your buzzer wires Don't get flurried. 1920 Conquest June 404/1 There is a local buzzer-circuit in the call box. 1928 C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station Introd. 22 A buzzer worked off dry cells. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 20 The Buzzer, another name for the telephone, and particularly the modern ‘buzz’ boxes or house-phone systems. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Feb. 17/5 Oakland's Ted Hampson and Minnesota's Mike McMahon..scuffled after the final buzzer [in ice hockey]. figurative.1930 H. Nicolson Swinburne i. 11 Although, so to speak, this obstruction exists only on one line of communication, yet it acts as a buzzer which disturbs the rest. b. Hence (Services' slang), a signaller. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > signaller or musician waitc1325 trumpeter1497 drum?1535 drum major1589 trumpettier1609 drum-major general1676 bugler1792 fife-major1802 pipe major1816 Bugle Major1844 signaller1845 bugle boy1848 trumpet-major1855 bugleman1859 bunting-tosser1905 buzzer1915 music1915 1915 ‘I. Hay’ First Hundred Thousand vii. 55 One of the Battalion signallers—or ‘buzzers’, as the vernacular has it, in imitation of the buzzing of the Morse instrument. 1917 ‘Taffrail’ Off Shore 1 His friends..refer to him as ‘Buzzer’..because the instruments of which he is the custodian..emit buzzing and humming sounds. c. A doorbell. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > [noun] > door-bell doorbella1817 buzzer1934 door chimes1962 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door fittings > door-bell door-ringa1674 doorbella1817 buzzer1934 door chimes1962 1934 R. Stout Fer-de-lance xvii. 295 Fritz, the buzzer, attend the front door, please. 1959 ‘J. Welcome’ Stop at Nothing viii. 132 The door buzzer sounded in the hall... She..pressed the button that freed the lock. 5. The trembler of an induction coil. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrically induced magnetism > electromagnetic induction > [noun] > induction coil > vibrating blade trembler1877 buzzer1882 trembler-blade1904 trembler-coil1908 1882 W. H. Preece in J. J. Fahie Hist. Wireless Telegr. (1899) 138 Buzzers, little instruments that make and break the current very rapidly with a buzzing sound. 1888 Chambers's Jrnl. 14 Jan. 25 It is called a ‘buzzer’... It is a rapid current-breaker. 6. Applied to various machines that make a buzzing noise in operation. a. A polishing wheel. b. A circular saw. ΚΠ 1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Buzzer, a small, rapidly-revolving wheel, used in grinding or polishing small objects. 1925 Brit. Weekly 5 Mar. 554/5 His ‘buzzer’, as he calls it, is not ‘boughten’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). buzzern.² Etymology: < buzz v.³ + -er suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbuzzer. Thieves' cant. A pickpocket. (See quot. 1862.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > pickpocket or cutpurse > [noun] > pickpocket fig-boyc1555 foister1585 foist1591 pickpocket1591 bung1600 diver1608 pocket-picker1622 pocketeerc1626 bung-nipper1659 file1673 filer1674 shark1707 hoister1708 knuckle1781 knuckler1801 buzzgloak1819 cly-faker1819 fingersmith1819 knuck1819 fogle hunter1821 buzzman1832 nobbler1839 wire1851 gonoph1853 wirer1857 dip1859 moll-tooler1859 buzzer1862 hook1863 snotter1864 tool1865 pocket-cutter1885 dipper1889 pogue-hunter1896 pick1902 finger1925 whizz1925 whizzer1925 prat diggera1931 whizz-boy1931 whizz-man1932 reefer1935 1862 H. Mayhew & J. Binny Criminal Prisons of London 46 ‘Buzzers’ who pick gentlemen's pockets, and ‘wires’ who pick ladies' pockets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.¹1604n.²1862
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