buzzin'とは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

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, 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, page 101:

     He disliked the new ruling that contestants could only buzz in after Trebek finished reading the clue.