bzzzt

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A form of bzzt — The sound of a game show buzzer or of electricity. Often used as a reaction to a wrong answer.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of bzzt.

    So every time he walked near the defendant, he hummed out a soft little bzzzt, like the sound of an electric charge going through wires.

    2005, James W McElhaney, McElhaney's trial notebook
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    The sound of the arrows was bzzzt, bzzzt, like the buzzing of flies. I know of no more maddening noise than the singing of arrows past the ear.

    2002, Mika Waltari, Naomi Walford, The Egyptian

    With a sinking heart, she reached over to the bedside table to check the time — ten am! How could that be? She'd set the alarm for seven! Bzzzt. Bzzzt.

    2006, Robyn Goss, And So Say All of Us
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APA

bzzzt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bzzzt

MLA

“bzzzt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bzzzt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bzzzt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bzzzt.

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