Definition of "buzzer" []

• An electric signaling device, such as a doorbell, that makes a buzzing sound. (noun)

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• "Miami, though, held the Hawks to five points, three on free throws, in the rest of the quarter, and when Jones beat the buzzer from the right wing with a jumper, the Heat took a 59-54 lead into the fourth quarter."
• "The loud buzzer is activated by a long press of a button."
• "Ginobili's banked-in buzzer-beater at the end of the first quarter was shot from beyond midcourt, between the C and A in the word "America" painted on the floor. ..."