bzzz-zzz-t.

n.  an egg-timer’s buzzer.

<It’s hard to ignore that loud, insistent bzzz-zzz-t which announces “time’s up!” in a universally recognizable way.  —Harriet Schechter, Let Go of Clutter.>

bzzz-zzz-zzz.

n.  the buzzing of a fluorescent light, as in Jack Frusciante Has Left the Band: A Love Story—With Rock ‘N’ Roll by Enrico Brizzi.

bzzzk.

n.  the buzz of a dying cell phone signal, as in the graphic novel Bob the Hamster by James Paige; see also kzzzrt, crkzzzz, bzz bzz zzk zzk zk kzrp zzrz.

bzzzt.

(also bzzzzt, bzzzzzzt.)  n.  the sound of a telescope slowing down as it synchronizes with the Earth’s rotation, as in Shoemaker by Levy: The Man Who Made an Impact  by David H. Levy.


  adv.  suddenly.

<Elton loved to mimic my father’s way of driving up in his car in a hurry, rolling the window down, patting the accelerator with his foot while he talked to you, and then—bzzzt!—taking off again, sometimes in the midst of your answer to what he had just asked you.  —Wendell Berry, A World Lost [Three Short Novels].>

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