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Buzzed vs Buzzer - What's the difference?

buzzed | buzzer |

As an adjective buzzed

is slightly intoxicated.

As a verb buzzed

is (buzz).

As a noun buzzer is

one who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes.

buzzed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Slightly intoxicated.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (buzz)

    • buzzer

    English

    (wikipedia buzzer)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, buzzes; an insect that buzzes.
  • * Shakespeare
    • And wants not buzzers to infect his ear / With pestilent speeches of his father's death.
  • *
  • A device that makes a buzzing sound.
  • :* If you think you know the answer to the question, hit the buzzer as fast as you can.
  • A police badge.
  • * 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 28:
    • I flipped my wallet open on her desk and let her look at the buzzer pinned to the flap.