buzzer beatern.
/ˈbʌzə ˌbiːtə/, U.S. /ˈbəzər ˌbidər/ 1. Basketball. A shot made in the last moment of a period of play, typically one at the very end of a game resulting in victory for the shooter's team. Also in extended use with reference to other sports.Sometimes specifically with reference to a shot that leaves the shooter's hand before the end of the period has been signalled but does not reach the basket until after.
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1965 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 14 Dec. 19/2 Buzzer Beater... Russ Hamilton scored on the rebound, just beating the buzzer.
2005 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) (Nexis) 17 Apr. The Eels took an 18-10 lead into half-time after..a buzzer-beater from Matt Petersen. Melbourne's first-half tries were scored by Matt King and Matt Orford.
2018 T. Omoth College Basketball's Championship 5 Jenkins shoots a buzzer beater to win the 2016 NCAA men's basketball championship.
2. figurative (originally U.S.). Something done, finished, or accomplished at the last possible moment before a deadline.
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1997 Deseret News (Salt Lake City) 16 Mar. b1/1 Because House Republicans stonewalled a gas-tax increase, it took a ‘last minute buzzer-beater’ to get a solution, says the governor.
2019 @sheilomarie_ 16 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 22 Mar. 2019) Buzzer beater!!! 11:59 pm is the deadline and we really sent it at exactly 11:59.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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